Researchers from the University of Edinburgh and King’s College London believe the findings offer new insight into the condition.

Here the PA news agency looks at who the festive success stories are so far, and which retailers have appeared more downbeat.

Freeing a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist is the “number one issue” and senior UK officials will “do all we can”, according to the Foreign Secretary. David Lammy said Prime Minister Sir Keir ...

The Princess of Wales offered comfort to cancer patients and their families as she made an emotional return to the hospital where she was treated, telling them: “There is light at the end of that ...

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has appeared in court charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. The captain of the Australia women’s national football team attended a hearing, ...

Neil Gray said the success of the Thistle Centre would be measured if there are fewer drug deaths and ‘harm reduction’.

A man has been charged with driving offences relating to an alleged hit-and-run incident which resulted in a girl being airlifted to hospital and the horse she was riding being put down.

France’s new prime minister has announced the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. In his first address to politicians in the National Assembly, Francois Bayrou ...

Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money has been handed to cyber criminals in recent years, Britain’s security minister said as he unveiled proposals to combat ransomware attacks. Dan Jarvis also ...

Nawaf Salam was speaking after meeting Lebanon’s new president, Joseph Aoun, who himself took office last week.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faced MPs after turbulence in the markets sent government borrowing costs up and the value of the pound down.

Rachel Reeves’ handling of the economy was compared to a Shakespearean tragedy, as the Tories questioned her future by claiming: “To go, or not to go, that is now a question.” Shadow chancellor Mel ...