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Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was charged by West Midlands Police in December for ‘silently praying in a buffer zone’, it is claimed.

Just like groceries, gas and home prices, the cost of retiring is subject to inflation. Here is a look at what it cost to retire in the year you were born.

A less-than-perfect kidney might not be suitable for a young recipient but could offer an older, sicker patient – who might not receive another offer – valuable time off dialysis

France’s upper house is set to approve expanded palliative care but block assisted dying, raising tensions with MPs over end-of-life legislation.

Her mother, like too many Australians, missed out on quality and timely end-of-life care. Once associated with giving up, early palliative care is better for patients and their loved ones

The internet has enabled a golden age of techno-vanity. But hating your looks is a time-honored tradition

A charity’s investigation into 'solitary deaths' has shed light on the often unseen consequences of social isolation among older people in France.

An 80-year-old man has been rescued after spending 20 years confined in a windowless basement, ending a shocking case of long-term captivity.

Exclusive: Philanthropist and criminologist Lady Edwina Grosvenor, whose godmother was Princess Diana, says prisoners’ children are ‘forgotten’ victims as she launches university scholarships to help young people impacted by a justice system which she says is an ‘expensive failure’. Amy-Clare Martin reports