Campaigners who gather more than 100,000 petition signatures could have their ideas debated in Parliament, via a newly launched government website.

A major clinical trial will investigate whether stem cells can be safely used to stop or even reverse the damage caused by multiple sclerosis.

Bolton sign midfielder Chris Eagles and defender Tyrone Mears from Burnley on three-year deals.

Key questions about the death of Libyan rebel military commander Abdel Fattah Younes remain unanswered, a day after he and two aides were shot dead.

About 100 student nurses are removed from a Lincolnshire hospital because of "serious concerns" expressed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

US economic growth is much weaker than first thought, figures from the Commerce Department show.

Plans to allow landlords to evict social housing tenants after two years are scaled back to five years, minister Grant Shapps has said.

Screening has not had a significant impact on the fall in deaths from breast cancer, a study suggests.