Drugs giant GlaxoSmith-Kline will stop paying for doctors to attend medical conferences and scrap some sales targets as it seeks to mend its reputation in the wake of a damaging scandal over multimillion-pound bribery claims in China.

Up to 94 staff are to lose their jobs in GlaxoSmith-Kline after the company announced it was moving a division to Britain.

IRISH health authorities have been forced to insist the swine flu vaccine is safe and poses no risk to public safety after growing concern on the continent over the potential side-affects of the medication.

MARKS & SPENCER (M&S) has teamed up with the Marie Keating Foundation to educate women on cervical cancer.