Women who ask for a Caesarean birth should be allowed to have one, even if there is no medical need, new guidelines for England and Wales say.

The eight Republican presidential hopefuls meet for their 10th TV debate, on national security policy, with Newt Gingrich a new front-runner.

Cancer survivors in England and Wales are living nearly six times longer than they did 40 years ago, figures show.

The bigger parties should get state funding worth £3-per-vote at Westminster elections but see restrictions on individual and trade union donations, an independent inquiry says.

Private data has been lost by or stolen from UK local councils more than 1,000 times since 2008, a campaign group's report says.

Uncertainty surrounding a future independence referendum is damaging the Scottish and UK economy, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury claims.

South Korea holds ceremonies to remember an attack by the North on Yeonpyeong island a year ago, which sparked an international crisis.

Counter-terror police are not ready for the introduction of new laws to replace controversial control orders on suspects, the BBC understands.