A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an airliner with a bomb sewn into his underwear last December is arraigned on new charges in the US.

Prime Minister David Cameron was sent baby gifts by shops and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi the month his daughter Florence was born.

The NHS is paying private hospitals nearly £35m a month to treat patients - a rise of more than 60% in a year, figures obtained by the BBC show.

The Office of Fair Trading is warning people not to go to loan sharks to raise cash for presents and festivities.

A report urges the government to tighten rules on timber-framed buildings after a series of large fires in London.

Surrey's chief constable backs calls for an end to a national system of bonuses for senior officers, saying they are "inappropriate".

Temperatures plummet overnight across the UK with widespread ice forecast to cause dangerous driving conditions.

Sixty-nine prisoners were freed from British jails by mistake last year, figures obtained by the BBC show.