Hospitals are facing soaring demands and experts say there is "no doubt" it causes harm to patients.
A total of 17,145 shops shut last year across the UK's High Streets, shopping centres and parades.
David Downes, who paints from his photographic memory, says being autistic has shaped his whole life.
The singer, whose single Go went platinum this year, takes fourth place in the BBC Sound Of 2023.
How two devoutly religious lives were transformed by a fleeting encounter in a convent.
Warnings about the risk caused by NHS delays leads the front pages this Bank Holiday Monday.
Scotland's vast Flow Country is the focus of a bid to become a new Unesco World Heritage site.
Marc Wilkinson said he wanted to carry out an altruistic act to help people struggling with the cost of living.
Volunteers are needed to help identify sharks, skates and rays as part of a conservation project.
Emma Lamorte, who recently passed her test, says she got "invaluable" support from her instructor.
The Cork city centre apartment where Bruna Fonseca was found dead is being treated as a crime scene.
An ice alert is in force for the whole of Scotland and train services face a week of cancellations.
Oban, a 20-month-old black Labrador, survives after jumping off a dam on Dartmoor.
Police were called following reports of an unknown man on the premises early on New Year's Day.
A viral video shows the pair performing a rendition of Abba's Waterloo in a Braemar hotel.
A walrus, which has drawn large crowds since arriving in Scarborough on Saturday, is filmed returning to the sea.
More than 8,000 performers delight flag-waving crowds at an annual parade in central London.
Frank McGarvey - once Scotland's most expensive player - dies aged 66, three months after revealing his cancer diagnosis.
The driving instructor tested positive for cannabis, Thames Valley Police say.
The 17-year-old will undergo surgery for the injuries sustained on Lower English Street, police say.
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