The Government is launching a ‘national conversation’ on the NHS’s next 10 years as it aims to make the service ‘fit for the future’.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is to launch a major consultation to help shape the Government’s 10-year-plan for the health service next week.

Scotland’s First Minister will use a speech on Monday to urge the Chancellor to increase spending, as he said the Budget presents a “make or break moment” for the UK.

Sir Chris Hoy has announced his cancer is terminal. The six-time Olympic champion has been given a diagnosis and has two to four years left to live, according to the Sunday Times.