The death of a 40-year-old mother discovered in her home near Dundee on Friday is being treated as murder, police say.

There will be no culling of badgers in England this year to curb cattle tuberculosis, the government says - pilots are possible next year.

Michael Gove refuses to reinstate a string of schemes which the High Court said he scrapped unlawfully and sets out plans to reform England's school building programme.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation which owns the News Of The World, is revered and feared by many.

Rupert Murdoch has said his appearance before MPs to answer questions about phone hacking is the "most humble day of his life".

The government is expected to announce that it will back a widespread cull of badgers in south-west England.

Exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke nearly doubles the risk of hearing loss among teenagers, research reveals.

Airport operator BAA must sell Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports, the Competition Commission says in its final ruling.