Children at British private schools face the greatest risk from the measles outbreak and could pose a health threat to the rest of the population, a leading doctor has warned.

An eminent journal which published a controversial research paper sparking concerns over a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism retracted it from the public record today.

GLAXOSMITHKLINE’S cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix probably did not cause the death of a British teenager shortly after she was given the drug, a health official said yesterday.