Sporting 'heart screening' call
Screening sportsmen for signs of hidden heart conditions could save lives, a study has concluded.

Woman 'not in danger' if removed
A campaign tries to halt the removal of a pregnant Nigerian woman and her family from the UK after being refused asylum.

GP contracts in £160m overspend
Audit Scotland says new contracts for GPs should have been better planned but there are some benefits for patients.

Getting the most out of the gym
How to get the most out of your gym membership.

Talking Shop: Russell Watson
Singer Russell Watson talks to the BBC about losing his hair, his long road to recovery, and what it is like to be back in the limelight.

Double killing trust criticised
A mental health trust is criticised after two of its patients killed people over the same weekend.

Mother's treatment 'unacceptable'
The son of a 63-year-old woman who died at Belfast City Hospital says her treatment was totally unacceptable.

Video games get into shape
Sport and gaming are moving closer together argues Margaret Robertson.

Woods makes fitness comeback vow
Tiger Woods says he should be at his fittest for years when he returns to action after major knee surgery.

Public tolerant of 'nanny state'
The public are not opposed to the state interfering in people lives to get them to become healthier, a BBC polls shows.

The NHS at 60 - in video
Six decades of the National Health Service

Trust fined over man's bath death
A mental health trust is fined after the death of an elderly man scalded in a bath at a respite home.

The bulb hoarders
The government wants your old-fashioned energy-hungry incandescent tungsten light bulb gone, and gone soon. But some people are willing to hoard bulbs to hang onto the light they love.

Call to rethink child BMI testing
Using a child's body mass index (BMI) as a measure of the success of exercise targets may be misleading, say experts.

Labour front bench at-a-glance
A guide to Scottish Labour's spokespeople in the Scottish Parliament.

False gas fitters sent to prison
Two brothers involved in selling and fitting fireplaces are sentenced to 12 months in prison.

Seven in 10 new houses 'faulty'
Seven in 10 newly-built homes have faults but most are only minor, says an OFT survey

Aids epidemic a 'global disaster'
The Aids epidemic is so severe that it should be classified as a disaster, the Red Cross and Red Crescent warns.

Radiographer cautioned over grope
A radiographer is given a three-year caution for groping a woman and other & #34;shocking & #34; behaviour on a yacht trip with friends.

New mental health hospital scheme
The foundation stone is being laid to celebrate work on a new £35m mental health hospital in Northampton.