Entry requirements for students from poorer backgrounds could be lowered at the UK's largest university.

A professor has been told he breached data protection laws in the way he responded to an email from a concerned parent.

A billionaire investor announces he will fight to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo.

A test for a sex infection may be better at screening for cervical cancer than smear tests, a study suggests.

Schools in England are being told how to tackle bullying of children with special needs or disabilities.

Schools in England are being told how to tackle bullying of children with special needs or disabilities.

No single drug will be enough to treat all the victims of a global pandemic of the H5N1 bird flu, research suggests.

Initial results of clinical trials on a possible vaccine against meningitis B show "encouraging" results.

The public is not protected when it comes to using sunbeds, Holyrood's health committee is told.

Many parents simply do not know how to bring up children, says Conservative frontbencher Chris Grayling.

Nato backs a new cyber defence centre in Estonia, following attacks on its internet structure.

Workers in England are to be given the right to ask employers for training, the Prime Minister has announced.

A pensioner who contracted a hospital superbug is given the go ahead to bring a test case against an NHS board.

Is there a doctor aboard? A ferry captain finds 18 offering assistance when a passenger falls ill.

The prime minister is promising new legislation to meet his pledge to raise standards in England by 2011.

Ministers plan to ramp up competition in the NHS by linking hospital funds to the quality of their services.

Usernames and passwords from voice-over IP accounts are being traded online, a telecoms firm finds.

Scientists prepare for "seven minutes of terror" as the Phoenix spacecraft attempts to land on the surface.

A survey of software piracy in UK firms has shown that it has fallen for the first time in three years.

A key mechanism by which smoking triggers genetic changes that cause cancer has been unravelled.