(Health.com) – Drinking a daily cup of coffee – or even several cups – isn't likely to harm your health, and it may even lower your risk of dying from chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests. The relationship between coffee drinking and health has been a hot topic in recent years, but research has produced mixed results. Some studies have linked coffee consumption to better health and a lower risk of premature death, while others suggest that coffee – or rather caffeine – might contribute to heart disease through negative effects on blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart rate. The new study is by far the largest of its kind to date. As part of a joint project with the AARP, researchers from the National Institutes of Health followed more than 400,000 healthy men and women between the ages of 50 and 71 for up to 13 years, during which 13% of the participants died. Read the full story on CNN Health:  “Coffee drinking linked to longer life”

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A cup of joe a day keeps the Grim Reaper away

A third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school, according to research from the Amateur Swimming Association.

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Schools ‘fail to teach swimming’

Higher university fees have not boosted teaching time at England’s universities, research suggests.

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Fees rise ‘didn’t boost teaching’

England boss Roy Hodgson admits Scott Parker could still miss Euro 2012 despite being named in his 23-man squad.

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Parker could miss Euros – Hodgson

Andrew Strauss says he has not thought of giving up the England captaincy, ahead of the first Test against West Indies at Lord’s.

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Strauss not thinking of quitting

Three men are arrested in raids in south Wales and the north west of England as part of an alleged £1.6m fraud probe involving football club apprenticeship schemes.

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Three arrests in football inquiry

Teachers’ pay in England and Wales could be linked to performance and set at different local levels, under proposals set out by the government.

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Gove pushes for performance pay

The Bank of England warns that the eurozone is “tearing itself apart” with the “storm” threatening the UK recovery, as it cuts its forecast for growth this year.

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Bank warns of euro crisis ‘storm’

England manager Roy Hodgson names Steven Gerrard as his captain for the European Championship campaign.

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Gerrard is named England captain

Liverpool striker Andy Carroll is included in England’s 23-man squad for Euro 2012, but there is no place for Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand.

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Carroll in England Euro squad

Schooling in England should not start until the age of six because having formal lessons too early can put bright children off learning, research claims.

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Early school entry ‘detrimental’

The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years and looks like it will fall further, figures obtained by Labour suggest.

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State-funded elderly care ‘drop’

A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.

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U-turn on NHS prostate drug use

A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.

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U-turn on NHS prostate drug use

Yorkshire’s Jonny Bairstow is included in the 13-man England squad to face West Indies in the first Test at Lord’s.

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England call on uncapped Bairstow