Diabetes: Children 'not getting recommended checks'

Almost 75% of older children in England and Wales with diabetes are not getting key health checks, a study suggests

Data from 27,682 children and young people showed 25.4% of 12-year-olds have all seven recommended annual health checks, such as eye screenings.

However, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, which carried out the audit, says the overall picture is one of improving care.

UK 'Exposed' To Terrorists Arriving By Boat

Campaigners say that with just three dedicated patrol boats operating in UK waters it is just a matter of time before terrorists enter Britain by sea.

People living on the south coast of England say the inflatable craft intercepted at Dymchurch, Kent, is just one of many suspected to have brought migrants to UK shores.

Two British men have been charged with immigration offences after the boat with 18 Albanians on board was rescued.

Now there are calls for more to be done to stop traffickers using the Channel to smuggle people into Britain.

UKIP Slammed For Using Great Escape Tune

UKIP has been told it should not be using the theme music to The Great Escape as part of its EU Referendum campaign because the composer would not have wanted it to.

Nigel Farage's party has been playing the famous film music - which is often heard at England football matches - on its campaign bus.

But now the sons of the composer Elmer Bernstein have said their father would never have given his permission.

Sister's Bid To Find Missing Explorer Brother

The sister of a missing British explorer believes he is alive and living in Kenya.

Christian 'Chris' Velten, a zoologist from East Sussex, went missing 13 years ago.

He was on a journey across Western Africa in 2003, following in the footsteps of a famous explorer called Mungo Park - but 650 miles into his journey, he vanished.

An international search involving British police and African authorities failed to find out what had happened to him, leaving his family in limbo.