East of England

The results of a major criminology experiment in Peterborough suggest that investing in proactive PCSO foot patrols targeting crime ‘hot spots’ could...

Large circular wooden houses built on stilts collapsed in a dramatic fire 3,000 years ago and plunged into a river, preserving their contents in...

Each extra hour per day spent watching TV, using the internet or playing computer games during Year 10 is associated with poorer grades at GCSE at...

Sugar sweetened drinks may give rise to nearly two million diabetes cases over ten years in the US and 80,000 in the UK, estimates a study published...

The number of takeaway food outlets has risen substantially over the past two decades, with a large increase seen in areas of socioeconomic...

People who sleep for more than eight hours a day have an increased risk of stroke, according to a study by the University of Cambridge – and this...

As many as one in ten people in Britain over forty years old may be vitamin D deficient, according to a study carried out by researchers at the...

We live in a multilingual society. More than a million children attending British schools speak more than 360 languages between them in addition to...