The government is to pay councils in England to retain or restore weekly bin collections, under a new £250m fund to be launched next year.

The Barclay brothers buy three top London hotels, including Claridges, for 800m euros from the Irish toxic debt agency.

A teenage girl and two young women have been injured in a shooting in west London, Scotland Yard says.

Agency workers are set to gain additional rights in pay and benefits under new rules that come into force on Saturday.

A judge has ruled that a former head of MI5 can help to decide whether a Russian ex-MP's aide accused of spying should be deported from the UK.

Leeks and potatoes may have been the source of an E. coli outbreak in the UK earlier this year, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

Doctors say the current generation of students has a greater risk of anxiety and depression than previous ones, amid rising debt and job uncertainty.

School inspections are going to look more closely at the basics of teaching and literacy, says Ofsted.