There is a risk that we are raising children that are physically unscathed by injury but are psychologically fragile, Carl Dixon tells Mark Boyden.

An international group of consultants is to be appointed by the Government to examine the use of fluoride in the public water supply.

A West Cork town has been designated Ireland’s first fluoride-free town, fuelling talk that the initiative could spread nationwide.

Mark Boyden’s early upbringing near San Francisco gave some hint as to how his life might unfold.

The number of British people declared insolvent fell by 5% during the three months to the end of September - the first year-on-year decrease in five years, figures showed today.