Health

We're just two days into the year - also 'Veganuary' as animal product avoiders like to call this month - and Greggs bakers have caused a social media storm. By announcing a vegan sausage roll. In perhaps the news of the year for plant-eaters, and anyone else concerned by the World Health Organisation's recent warnings about processed red meats, Greggs are rolling out the vegan treat with pastry made with vegetable oils and a “bespoke Quorn filling” in 950 high street...

The newborn was born with her 1lb 1oz sibling inside her after fetus in the fetu developed during the pregnancy

Chris Witt, 64, was on a late summer holiday in Tenerife

New research suggests it may be possible to reverse the ageing process to some extent and could potentially pave the way for anti-ageing treatments that actually work.

Booze increases the rate at which the body breaks down nicotine - fuelling craving for another cigarette, suggests a study

Spirulina - hailed as the 'miracle of the sea' - formed part of the diet of the Aztec people, and is now taken either in powder or supplement form

Second hand smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, and exposure increases the risk of multiple diseases, including lung cancer, stroke, and coronary heart disease.

More than three fifths of emerging infectious diseases are now transmitted from animals to humans - with seven in ten of those coming from wild animals

Presenter Iain Lee saved a man's life on air after he called to say he overdosed. He has been credited with helping save a suicidal man's life by keeping him on the phone for 30 minutes until an ambulance arrived. The man, identified only as Chris, called during Lee's talkRADIO show on Wednesday and said he had taken an overdose. Listen here