Nick Clegg urges students to reflect on what he says is the "true picture" about the government's proposals for higher tuition fees in England.

Senior Chinese officials believe the Korean peninsula should be reunified under Seoul's control, according to leaked classified US diplomatic cables.

North Korea says it has thousands of centrifuges operating at a previously undetected uranium enrichment facility it revealed earlier this month.

Two police forces are warned they could face enforcement action over the "disproportionate" use of their stop and search powers.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan says Graeme Swann has a vital role to play in the Ashes despite his poor display in the first Test.

Novelist Rowan Somerville pips Alastair Campbell to the post to win the Literary Review's bad sex in fiction award.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho denies his team were humiliated in their 5-0 thumping at the hands of champions Barcelona in La Liga.

Hundreds of schools are closed for a second day in Scotland as the onslaught of wintry weather continues.