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Despite women making up half of medical school entrants, less than a third opt to become surgeons - a specialism widely acknowledged to be male-dominated.

Why is it that such a small number of people crossing has been treated as a major crisis, yet Javid and his Tory colleagues have done nothing about the crisis of record high homelessness, or the surge in people forced to rely on Foodbanks?

The PM unveiled a "historic" 10-year plan for the NHS that will see funding boosted by £20.5billion a year by 2023-24. Health chiefs claim up to 500,000 lives could be saved over the next decade. However, one union has criticised the plan to fill the 100,000 staffing black hole. They believe the plan can't be delivered without the staff to undertake the work. They claim the much-delayed announcement completely ignores the NHS greatest assets – its workforce – and fails...

Stephen Hicks, 57, is finally behind bars after committing the sick offences in 1979

Scientists say a breed of penguins found on the coast of South America are among the most faithful couples in the animal kingdom - despite spending months apart each year

The calf appears to have one giant eye and no nose, in a video which locals claim hasn't been edited

Wife Simbiso Aretha Moula, 39, was found strangled while husband Garikayi Moula, 51, was found hanged at their home in Rainham on Friday

A protest held by the TSSA union greeted commuters on Monday morning demanding ScotRail is brought back into public ownership

Lee Pomeroy, 51, had been taking his 14-year-old son for a day-trip ahead of his 52nd birthday when he was stabbed nine times on the 12.58pm service from Guildford to Waterloo on Friday.