Nearly £1bn will be available immediately to fund "vital new kit" - including beds - and an additional £850m, spent over five years, will be used to upgrade 20 hospitals in England.more
Reconstruction on Paris' fire-damaged Notre Dame has been stopped for a few days as authorities examine safety precautions in the face of recent revelations of massive lead pollution around the cathedral.more
Britons living abroad who rely on ongoing healthcare could be faced with huge bills or be forced to return to the UK for treatment in the event of a no-deal Brexit. more
With less than half a year to go before support ends for Windows 7, about three-quarters of computers in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) are still running the OS.more
Legislation is to be brought forward to ban the sale of tobacco products from from self-service vending machines and at locations intended for children and events organised for children.more
Olympic snowboarding slopestyle silver medallist Max Parrot of Canada has said he has beaten cancer and intends to return to competition at an X Games event in Norway in August. more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was taken from jail to hospital suffering an allergic reaction could have been exposed to an "unknown chemical substance", his doctor said.more
Two people have died and more than 17 were injured, after an internal balcony collapsed at a nightclub in the South Korean city of Gwangju early on Saturday, the local fire service saysmore
An eight-year-old boy whose stomach and groin was scalded when hot chocolate spilled over him on a Ryanair flight, has been awarded damages of €25,000 in the Circuit Civil Court.more
Official heatwave alerts were issued for 59 départements across France on Monday, including Paris where record high temperatures are forecast this week. Members of the public have been warned to take precautions as temperatures rise.more
About 770 thousand people died of AIDS-related diseases in 2018; this is a one-third drop since 2010 - announced at the beginning of the week the UNAIDS report, a UN project to coordinate and improve the effectiveness of individual countries' efforts to fight HIV and AIDS.more
Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas has been given a role on the club's coaching staff as he continues his recovery from a heart attack suffered two months ago.more
Two million low-paid workers could receive statutory sick pay for the first time as part of reforms aimed at supporting people with health conditions in the workplace.more
Nearly 60% of Germans say Angela Merkel's shaking in public is a personal matter, according to a survey. The chancellor, who turns 65 next week, has led Germany since 2005.more
A type of anaesthetic machine that has been used in NHS hospitals can be hacked and controlled from afar if left accessible on a hospital computer network, a cyber-security company says.more