A tortoise reputedly collected from the Galapagos islands by Charles Darwin has turned 175. What if humans lived that long?

The Pope's latest illness has forced the Vatican to face new questions and may even provoke a constitutional crisis.

Even with the latest scientific advances, don't hold your breath for the elixir of youth, says scientist S Jay Olshansky.

Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey believes that within the foreseeable future, human beings will be able to live to 1,000 years of age.

A former housing officer sues for £150,000 after claiming he suffered stress induced by too much work.

Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald on life working for the Pope at the Vatican.

Germany's economic woes and emigration rate attract attention in European papers today, as do threats from Swiss bankers to call a referendum and a landmark compensation case in Moscow.

Alan Cameron was infected with Q fever at agricultural college - and it has dogged him ever since.

Workers helping with the foot-and-mouth cull have been affected by a potentially-dangerous infection.

A male primary school teacher intends to live as a woman after being diagnosed with gender identity disorder.

Undiagnosed tooth decay and other oral health problems could be a leading cause of malnutrition in elderly people, say scientists.