Chelsea break the British transfer record to sign striker Fernando Torres from Liverpool for a fee believed to be £50m.

New online crime maps for England and Wales are being launched which allow users to see what offences have been reported in their local streets.

Liverpool confirm the signing of Andy Carroll from Newcastle for a fee believed to be about £35m.

Controversial proposals to overhaul the NHS in England pass their first hurdle after six hours of debate in the House of Commons.

Loneliness is the "hidden killer" of elderly people, says a campaign group calling for wider recognition of the link between isolation and ill-health.

Hundreds of debt advisers in England and Wales stop taking on new cases because their funding is to be axed next month.

A Labrador retriever has sniffed bowel cancer in breath and stool samples during a study in Japan.

The cost of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill pushes BP into its first annual loss since 1992, but the firm restores dividend payments.