The supermarket group Tesco is to start offering mortgages via its Tesco Bank, which will accrue Clubcard points.

Scientists from Edinburgh University pinpoint a gene they say could help improve diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.

Unknown assailants lay siege to a Red Cross residential building in Misrata, Libya - prompting the agency to withdraw staff from two cities.

An NHS report calls for better detection and earlier treatment to help tackle chronic kidney disease, potentially saving lives and money.

The US space agency will attempt in the coming hours to land a one-tonne robot rover on the Red Planet to study whether it may once have hosted life.

The way even low levels of poisonous carbon monoxide can be fatal, by disrupting the heart's rhythm, has been unravelled by researchers in Leeds.

Chemotherapy can undermine itself by causing a rogue response in healthy cells, which could explain why people become resistant, a study suggests.

Universities are predicting few places for pupils making last-minute bids for courses starting this year under the clearing system.