Kim Clijsters is an early winner on day four at the Australian Open, with Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray among those resuming their campaigns.

Ministers have defended planned legislation paving the way for the NHS shake-up, saying change is a "necessity not an option".

A ground-breaking research centre to enable medical techniques employed on the battlefield to be used on NHS patients has opened.

Doctors at the BMA struggled to treat victims of the 7/7 bus bombing because there was no medical equipment at their headquarters, the inquests hear.

Two men approach a Warwickshire KFC restaurant on a moped and throw a live hen at an employee.

The government is preparing to scale back plans to give the right to vote to thousands of prisoners serving sentences of under four years.

A two-year-old child from East Sussex is in a serious condition in hospital after being attacked by a dog.

Andy Murray is set to step into unknown territory when he faces Illya Marchenko for the first time in Thursday's Australian Open second-round match.