In my near thirty years of writing about agriculture, farming and the rural way of life one statistic has always loomed darkly over the often solitary and isolated existence of the farmer.
Trade union leaders in Yorkshire have raised fears of "further privatisation of NHS services" in the region after a campaign group highlighted three GP practices which are majority owned by a major US healthcare company.
Donald Trump today insisted America wants "nothing to do with" the NHS amid claims that the health service could be used as a bargaining chip in post-Brexit trade talks.
Christmas, for the Wood family, brings back the most bittersweet of memories. Of early morning pancake traditions, of the children decorating the tree.
As years go 2019 will live long in the memory for dairy farming couple Robert and Elaine Butterfield of LinghawFarm, High Bentham over on the county’s western border.
Britain's veteran suicide crisis has been branded part of the ‘epidemic of our time’ by the former head of the British Army, who admitted more needs to be done to stop traumatised troops from killing themselves.
The mum of a Leeds boy born with a rare disease that meant he choked on every meal has told how it was a "constant battle" to keep him alive for more than two years.
The UK lags behind nine other high-income countries when it comes to health service spending, outcomes and how much time doctors spend with patients, research has suggested.
