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Teachers who retired this summer have been left waiting for pension payments they were supposed to receive at the start of September, with some saying they…

The rising middle-distance star Claudia Hollingsworth has smashed the Australian 800m record in a clear statement of intent a month out from the world athletics championships…

Bill Thompson, fast food worker in Missouri. Photograph: Courtesy of Missouri Workers CenterBeing sick is a costly business for Bill Thompson, who worked in the fast-food…

It was inevitable that I would, as Oscar Wilde quipped, become like my mother. After decades of being told to “Put on more clothes! You’ll catch…

Getty ImagesGP surgeries in England can offer advice to patients on getting back to work, including career coaching or exercise classes, as part of a pilot…

Anne Romatowski noticed a small, soft something in the flesh below her collarbone just before Christmas. She wasn’t concerned. It was a bump on her uppermost…

The same 11 young women turn up around the clock at the emergency ward of Furness general hospital in Cumbria. The group are well known to…

A child gets off a bus near the Jordanian border with other pediatric patients who have been evacuated from Gaza through Israel on June 11. Salah…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the UK employment myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.A fear of talking about ill health in…

The UK is becoming “the sick person of the wealthy world” because of the growing number of people dying from drugs, suicide and violence, research has…