Nurses will be told to do regular ward rounds and patients encouraged to carry out inspections as part of a drive to improve hospital standards in England.

A report suggests dozens of teacher misconduct cases could go unheard because of changes to the way in which the profession is being regulated.

A pastor in north-eastern Nigeria says gunmen have killed six people in an attack on his church, amid renewed sectarian violence in the country.

The brain's ability to function can start to deteriorate as early as 45, suggests a study in the British Medical Journal.

Samsung Electronics says it expects a big jump in profits for the final quarter of 2011, thanks to record smartphone sales.

British foreign secretary says he believes momentum for change in Burma is real but warns against relaxing pressure, after talks with Aung San Suu Kyi.

Struggling retailer Blacks Leisure says it is to briefly enter administration as part of a takeover deal.

Unemployment in the eurozone stayed at a record high as the impact of the sovereign debt crisis rumbled on, official figures show.