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From tests to scans, and from going into labour to feeling your new baby's skin on yours for the first time - what happens at each stage of the maternity care journey is recorded by healthcare staff.

A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a man in a reported stabbing in London.

A teenager who caused the death of his 14-year-old friend while riding his e-scooter through a red light and into the path of oncoming traffic has walked free from court.

A woman said she believed she was going to die when she was attacked by an "evil" sex predator who allegedly went on to murder two others, a court has heard.

The Queen and Harry Potter author JK Rowling have enjoyed an afternoon discussing the importance of young people having access to books.

BBC staff could see a real-terms pay cut in the year ahead, a proposal shows, just weeks after the announcement that hundreds of roles are to be axed.

A man who brutally murdered a "kind" musician who had allowed him to stay at his Inverness flat has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years.

Former Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack's coach called her a "psycho" before her death, an inquest heard.

The UK will scrap some older weapons and kit, including Storm Shadow cruise missiles and a range of military helicopters, under a major investment plan which falls billions of pounds short of what military chiefs say they need.