Up to 50,000 migrants may have exploited flaws in the student visa system to come and work in the UK, Whitehall's watchdog says.

Changes to the planning system in England aimed at making it easier to gain consent for large-scale, sustainable projects, are coming into force.

Parliament should not introduce a new privacy law, even in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World, a report says.

World Whisky Day is being celebrated thanks to a University of Aberdeen student who spotted a gap in the market.

Bradford Bulls say they will go out of business unless they raise £1m, with at least half needed by mid-April.

A man who carried out sex attacks on four young girls in the 1980s and 1990s is jailed for 17 years.

Costs of GP care may rise and health emergencies could be harder to manage following the NHS shake-up, a leaked document warns.

Chancellor George Osborne denies that key facts about the 2012 Budget, such as the abolition of the 50p tax rate, were leaked from his team.