How an artificial heart keeps Elliott Livingstone alive as the two-year-old waits for a donor
'Even though we are waiting, we know we are waiting for something that may or may not come'
'Even though we are waiting, we know we are waiting for something that may or may not come'
Fern Britton Meets Linford Christie, BBC1
Apportioning blame is the name of the game among New Labour's old faithful
It is plain stupid to dismiss all Americans that own guns as right-wing "nutjobs" (not my language)
These letters were published in the 7th December edition of The Independent
For now, the instinct of most Labour moderates is to stay and fight. That may not always be the case
The starting point for comment has to be to keep things open
Researchers have also found that people do not treat possible forgone gains resulting from a decision in the same way as equivalent potential out-of-pocket losses from that same decision.
I can't help thinking that a chat about spermatozoa is going to be little bit beyond the mental faculties of a child who has barely passed the mirror stage
Watching our Parliament's grotesque debate on Syrian airstrikes last week (which had more to do with the destruction of Corbyn than the destruction of Isis), I do wonder what the future holds for Britain
Last year, Rebecca's husband Nick was hit by a car and seriously injured. Here, in one of a series of columns, she writes about the aftermath of his accident
The editor of The Independent runs through a few of the items that have caught his eye, including a lunch with himself
The idea being proposed that to defeat jihadists spreading terror around the planet we must ally with the mendacious Assad is naive nonsense
You don't have to be a Grinch to find this time of year a chore – all that enforced ho-ho-ho, non-stop drinking, and over-consumption of Brussel sprouts and mince pies (not on the same plate, though, that would be weird) – as we are bombarded with aspirational messages in pursuit of the "perfect Christmas".
I'm from a family that's seen drug addiction close-up. Here's how not to encourage the immense stigma of drug and mental health problems
Knitting needles. Being hit by a car. Poisons. Why should women in Ireland and Northern Ireland still have to resort to such extreme methods?
'We don't have the answers, but we are deeply privileged to be helping people discover them for themselves'
The decision to suppress vital information about NHS performance is an ominous development
Abuse over the Syria vote has been aimed at both male and female MPs, but it has been nastier against women
Having had a terrible general election, the party has now lost its reason for existing
Despite their uncertain track record, the experts are lining up to tell us what the year will bring
World View: US-led air strikes and Russian intervention are yet to break the stalemate in a conflict that worsens by the day
The event planned for London's 100 Club on 18 January aims to raise cash for mental-health charities (and some cheer)
You don't have to live on the Moon for ageing to be miserable, but women are treated with a lack of respect verging on cruelty
As long as owning weapons is considered a human right, the country will be terrorised by its own population