Scots face longest waits for cancer treatment in UK at 65 days from diagnosis to chemo

Rock star Steve Harley has sadly passed away at his home in Suffolk on Sunday morning after a short fight with cancer at aged 73.

Ladies who had private surgery to take out transvaginal mesh are being told to ask for their money back from the Scottish Government before time runs out.

The most affordable areas in the UK for first-time buyers have been revealed, and Scotland dominates the list.

A pharmacist has alerted folks about three key signs of cancer that can first appear in the morning.

A group of health experts have warned people to be aware of any potential toilet habit changes that could be a sign of bowel cancer.

The Scottish Government’s target to eradicate fuel poverty by 2040 is in jeopardy unless the transition to clean heat and energy efficient homes speeds up, it’s been warned.

The appointment of a key community figure to head up a new town board that will implement a massive £20m injection in Dumfries has been slightly delayed.

A Scottish marine expert has told of her horror as she watched an orca killing and eating a great white shark. Shocking footage has been released of the young killer whale devouring its rival predator in under two minutes off the coast of Mossel Bay in South Africa.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor It might seem hard to believe after viewing the series, but “Shōgun” production designer Helen Jarvis had never been to Japan, had never read James Clavell’s nearly 1,200-page novel and she had never before worked on a 10-part TV series when she first came on the FX show. However, she was determined to bring authenticity when it came to her set building, locations and world of feudal Japan in the year 1600.

Emmerdale star Lawrence Robb, who plays Mackenzie Boyd on the ITV soap, has taken to social media admitting he's "crazy" over a new venture away from the Dales. The actor took to Instagram to give an update.

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Kate Cohen (Jane Got a Gun) has tapped Oscar nominee Lesley Paterson (All Quiet on the Western Front) and Simon Marshall to script a feature adaptation of Viktor Frankl‘s classic treatise, Man’s Search for Meaning. For Paterson’s husband and writing partner, Marshall, the project has taken on particular resonance of late, having just been diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer.

Sue and Noel Radford, from Channel 5's 22 Kids and Counting, are known as Britain's biggest family and have enough children to make two football teams! And with a brood that big, many parents would fear to think of the weekly costs that incur.Talking exclusively with OK!, Sue revealed that the family can get through between 12 and 18 pints of milk a day, and their weekly food bill runs at around £450. Describing the 'military operation' that is breakfast, Sue shared: "Some kids will want porridge, some Weetabix, some toast.

A crocodile and a wild cat are among the ‘dangerous’ animals being privately kept in Greater Manchester, it has been revealed.

Amy Dowden is returning for a second series of her BBC Wales show Dare to Dance, teaching extraordinary people across Wales how to strut their stuff on the ballroom floor once again. However for this series, Amy had to lean on her Strictly Come Dancing colleagues for help when she was diagnosed with breast cancer during filming. The Strictly star has spent the last nine months battling grade three breast cancer, undergoing a mastectomy and chemotherapy in treatment after starting to shoot Dare to Dance.

A woman who has always kept fit, has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time in her life. Kelly Harrop from Glossop has been diagnosed with lung cancer despite regularly running marathons and not smoking.

“Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud.”But the “Super Bad” singer was also super proud of his hair — whether he wore a natural Afro or a straightened conk.In fact, after the Godfather of Soul was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004, his tresses were foremost on his mind in his treatment.“He was like, ‘I can’t do chemo, ’cause I don’t wanna lose all my hair.’ I mean, this was a real thing,” says his daughter Dr. Yamma Brown in the four-part A&E documentary “James Brown: Say It Loud,” which premiered Monday and is now available to stream and on demand.“Thank God it was in the early stages enough that all he really needed was radiation.

A Scots language writer from East Ayrshire has been announced as one of eleven recipients of the Scottish Book Trust’s 2024 New Writers Award.

A teenager was warned by a crown court judge that he faces a likely prison sentence after a man was stabbed in the neck at a shopping precinct.

A new online petition is urging the UK Government to “commit to not increasing the State Pension age above 68” following the publication of new research by the International Longevity Centre, which suggested that the State Pension age will need to rise to 71 by 2050 to keep up with projected longer life expectancy.

Skyrocketing demand for children and adolescent mental health services is leaving youngsters facing long waits for help. There has been "an increased demand for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to assess and treat young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties", says a Greater Manchester patient watchdog.