The US credit ratings agency Moody's places the UK on 'negative outlook' - meaning there is more chance its economy might lose its triple AAA status.

To boost your chances of dating success this Valentine's Day quit the cigarettes, suggests a poll showing smoking is one of the biggest turn-offs.

Damage caused by a heart attack has been healed using stem cells gathered from the patient's own heart, according to doctors in the US.

Sales of homes in England and Wales are expected to rise in the final weeks of a stamp duty holiday, surveyors say.

A Malaysian student whose jaw was broken in an attack during the London riots tells a jury how he was punched in the face and robbed.

Britain is under threat from a rising tide of "militant secularisation", Conservative Party co-chairman Baroness Warsi warns.

Security forces in Bahrain fire teargas at protesters on the eve of the first anniversary of pro-democracy demonstrations in the Arab kingdom.

Leaders from China and the European Union are holding a summit in Beijing set to focus on Europe's debt crisis, as the EU hopes for Beijing's support.