The Student Loans Company has not improved its performance enough after administrative problems left thousands of students without funds in 2009, MPs say.

Secondary school pupils in the UK are falling behind international competitors, according to a major survey.

The husband of a woman killed on her honeymoon in South Africa plotted his wife's death, one of the men charged with her killing has told prosecutors.

A small daily dose of aspirin substantially reduces death rates from a range of common cancers, a study suggests.

The future supply of traditional English mistletoe is under threat, conservationists warn.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall choose a photograph of themselves skiing at Balmoral for this year's official Christmas card.

Two pilots involved in a mid-air collision which killed five people did not see each other or had no time to take effective action, the accident report finds.

The wife of a British man held for a year without charge uses the anniversary of his arrest to appeal for help from the UK government.