A drug derived from cannabis offers new hope to people with untreatable forms of epilepsy, according to the results of a new study.

A young mother and her two children are battling an illness that is consuming all of their short lives.

Vera Twomey believes her daughter could have died earlier this month if she had not started taking a cannabis-based treatment.

Concerns have been raised about the implications of Brexit for patients travelling to Britain for medical treatment.

UN talks aimed at brokering a deal to protect the world’s diminishing natural resources have made little progress, green groups said ahead of the summit’s second phase starting today.

THE world must act immediately to stop the rapid loss of animal and plant species that allow humans to exist, the United Nations warned yesterday at the start of a major summit on biodiversity.

TARGETS to stop wildlife and habitats vanishing across the world have not been met – and nature is at risk of further “dramatic” losses without radical action to protect it, the UN has warned.

The Chinese and Singaporean governments became major shareholders in Barclays bank today as the bank raised its offer for Dutch takeover target ABN Amro.