The US House of Representatives passes a Republican bill proposed by Speaker John Boehner to increase the nation's debt ceiling and cut the budget deficit.

The way taxpayers are treated by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been lambasted by MPs on the Treasury select committee.

Senior royals are to gather in Scotland's capital city later to celebrate the marriage of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall.

The family of a gaelic footballer who has been in a coma since a match in the US last month want the opposing team to be suspended from all competitions.

The Woodland Trust begins a search for a 500-acre site for a flagship woodland that will be planted to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

The Libyan regime taunts the UK over the death of rebel military commander Gen Abdel Fattah Younes.

Two men remain in hospital with serious burns after their plane crashed into two houses in Salford.

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales await the draw for qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.