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Why you should eat kiwi and pineapple skins

Eating fruit and vegetable scraps such as peels and stalks could provide a health boost that most of us are missing, say UK researchers, external.

How a major policy shift is changing how police will respond to mental health call-outs

999 calls will be triaged and if there is any risk of harm or to life, or if a crime is involved, the police will still attend.

Biggest fibre boost could be scraps in your bin, experts say

Chomping on vegtable skins, seeds and stalks could give us vital fibre, say food scientists.

I didn't know I was lacking in vitamin D until I collapsed at work

Doctors are finding vitamin D deficiency is increasingly widespread in the UK, especially in young people. But the symptoms are difficult to spot and can be missed.

Heart attack patient, 83, had to drive four hours for hospital appointment

Charles Swift faced a 140-mile round trip to get to a hospital, but had to drive himself.

Illuminated

Daniel Kraemer takes us inside an epileptic seizure.