CANCER rates are increasing at such a pace that four in ten people in Britain will be diagnosed with the disease at some point during their life, a health charity has warned.

David Cameron and Nick Clegg have insisted their British government coalition will continue, despite the humiliation handed out to Liberal Democrats in the elections and the referendum on voting reform.

David Cameron admitted today the British Government had been “charging ahead” with controversial reforms of the NHS and must now pause to address concerns.

A bid to relax the law on home abortions was rejected by the High Court in the UK today.

THE number of people in critical care with confirmed or suspected flu in England has risen to 738.

BRITISH Health Secretary Andrew Lansley was yesterday accused of a U-turn after announcing the relaunch of a flu-busting ad campaign — as 39 people were confirmed dead from the virus.

Free nicotine patches are to be offered on the UK's national health service as part of a major drive to help smokers quit their habit in the New Year.

DAVID Cameron hailed “a historic and seismic shift” in Britain’s political landscape yesterday as he launched the country’s first coalition government since the Second World War.

David Cameron will begin work today on putting together his historic new coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.

Liberal Democrat leader and “kingmaker” Nick Clegg will become Deputy Prime Minister and join four of his MPs in the UK’s first coalition Cabinet for 65 years.

David Cameron entered 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister tonight promising to lead Britain through to “better times ahead”.

The British government was accused by the Opposition Conservative Party today of wrongly diverting millions of pounds from the UK National Health Service to pay for the healthcare of pensioners in Ireland.

The British government has “carelessly” overpaid hundreds of millions of pounds to the Health Services Executive, it was claimed today.

Britain's health secretary John Reid has angered anti-smoking groups by saying that smoking is one of the few pleasures left for those living on council estates.

Keith Vaz will be staying in hospital overnight after passing out in his office.

Northern Secretary Peter Mandelson has been called into 10 Downing Street by Tony Blair to "establish the facts" of his involvement with a passport application.