The US, Canada and UK announce fresh sanctions against Iran amid growing concern over Tehran's nuclear programme.

Computer firm Hewlett-Packard unveils a 91% fall in fourth-quarter profits as it swallows a $3.3bn (£2.1bn) charge to close down its WebOS business.

Overall median survival rates for cancer in England and Wales have increased from one year to nearly six in the last four decades, figures show.

Asian shares fall after a US congressional committee fails on Monday to agree a deal to cut the deficit by $1.2tn (£762bn).

The government's lack of strategy on nuclear research threatens its long-term plans for electricity generation, according to a House of Lords committee.

Plans to reform the funding of political parties are being published later, but all parties must agree to them before they can be implemented.

Girls are growing up in a "moral abyss" where being dressed in "mini-me" sexy clothing is deemed acceptable, a schools leader says.

A committee of MPs investigating the relaxation of controls at UK borders will hear from witnesses including Immigration Minister Damian Green later.