The government is to say for the first time that it plans to link the public sector retirement age to the state pension age, which is due to rise to 66.

The High Court is due to make a ruling on the legality of a London school's blanket ban of the cornrows hairstyle.

UK retail sales fell 1.4% in May, figures show, reversing the rise seen in April when sales were boosted by the royal wedding.

The remains of a permanent settlement which could date back to the Iron Age is uncovered on a remote island

Aston Villa are set to name Alex McLeish as their new manager early on Friday after lengthy talks, BBC Sport understands.

England's seamers dominate as Sri Lanka struggle to 81-4 at close on a rain-affected day one of the third Test at the Rose Bowl.

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed immunity and complained about handcuffs when he was arrested at JFK airport in New York, documents reveal.

Art historians have turned to the science of the space age to probe the secrets of a major set of renaissance tombs.