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Pakistan can ill-afford to add nearly 17,000 newborns each day to its already huge population

Heritage is as good an excuse as any to enjoy a pie and a pint. Here are more excellent reasons to visit places that rarely feature in the guidebooks

The landmark 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, by the social reformer Edwin Chadwick, was a damning indictment of how large-scale socioeconomic change during the 19th century contributed to the increased spread of epidemic and chronic diseases. Poor health among the working masses was not simply a consequence of behavioural choices or moral failings but was associated with pathogenic conditions created by the Industrial Revolution.

Two Bury Market stallholders celebrated a glittering milestone this month after reaching half a century of trading.

IN the 1830s, a new disease began sweeping through Britain which is said to have "shocked society like no other illness had done in recent…