A DUP politician has attended a gay pride event in Belfast - a first for a party which is known for its outspoken opposition to homosexuality.

A special scheme to prompt lenders to make more money available to firms and households starts on Wednesday.

David Cameron is to announce the setting-up of a £10m science research centre on the site of the Olympic drug-testing laboratories.

The government must do more to ensure the data released under its "transparency agenda" is accessible and easy to understand, MPs say.

Fears over safety and traffic are preventing children playing outdoors, research for Play England suggests.

Hydrogen-fuelled taxis, introduced in London for the Olympic Games, are being transported on a 130-mile round trip to Swindon to refuel.

A law which makes it harder for councils and housing associations to evict tenants for failing to pay their rent is in place.

Britain's biggest lottery winners buy a new prosthetic limb for a Darlington teenager who lost a leg to cancer.