The European Parliament is due to vote on whether to try to halt the introduction of powerful new airport scanners.

Claims that many rectal cancer patients receive an "inappropriate" operation are rejected by surgeons.

Four Kenyan women set to tell stories about undergoing illegal abortion, pullout of a forum after threats from anti-abortionists.

As part of a series into chronic conditions, the BBC news website profiles life with multiple sclerosis.

West Indies lose two wickets following on, after they are bowled out for 146 in reply to England's 570-7 at Headingley.

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Ministers are deliberately making vulnerable asylum- seekers destitute, a report by MPs and peers says.

The UK's most senior general hits back at claims that injured soldiers get poor hospital care.

The condition of Cuban leader Fidel Castro has worsened after failed operations, a Spanish newspaper says.

A mother says thank you to the donors who helped raise research cash to help children with cancer like her son.

Young mother Taryn McKeiver writes a book about her experiences with bowel cancer to warn others to get checked.

Sharon Dobson wrote to the BBC News website to say she has incurable cancer, but has to pay for her own prescriptions - while people with other conditions are exempt from payment.

Cocaine users are at risk of life-threatening stomach problems, doctors have warned.

A new self-help group for people in Guernsey with colostomies and their carers, holds its first meeting.

A council gives a disabled woman £2,000 in an out of court discrimination settlement.

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A round-up of politics in the election campaign to the European Parliament.

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Two riders compete in the World Supercross Championships in Seville.

The England cricket team warms up on tour in Bangladesh