Italian author Roberto Saviano, who has lived in hiding since writing an expose about the Naples mafia, wins an international writer of courage award.

Senior civil servants investigating the conduct of Defence Secretary Liam Fox are expected to interview his close friend Adam Werrity.

Silverstone motor racing circuit is to house one of the first in a new wave of specialist university technical colleges (UTCs).

Belfast's School of Dentistry at Queen's University has come under severe criticism by the UK body which regulates dental professionals.

The mortgage market showed "welcome signs of life" in August, lenders say, although it remained far from signalling a housing boom.

A former clerk to the Welsh assembly is named as chairman of a commission into the way the devolved administration is funded.

The number of public health funerals in Wales is increasing with some families unable to pay to bury their loved ones.

Court testimony suggesting Australian cricketers are the world's biggest match-fixers is rejected by Australian cricket's governing body.