MPs agree to freeze their £65,738 salaries, blocking a 1% pay rise, after being asked to do so by the government.

Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins, the oldest musicion ever to win a Grammy award, dies in Austin, Texas, aged 97.

The telecoms regulator is to launch consultations on how best to sell off the rights to the next generation of mobile wireless networks.

Drivers are able to use the hard shoulder on one of the busiest stretches of motorway from Tuesday.

Calls for a minimum price for alcohol are intensifying as ministers prepare to outline the latest steps to make drinking less affordable.

Ronnie Moore leaves his position as manager of Rotherham after 18 months in charge, reports BBC Radio Sheffield.

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai names the areas of the country expected to be handed over by foreign troops to Afghan forces in July.

Sepp Blatter says he will step down as Fifa president in 2015, if he is elected for a fourth term in June.