Women who give up smoking by the age of 30 will almost completely evade the risks of dying young from tobacco-related diseases, according to a study of more than a million women.

DUP leader Peter Robinson calls on Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams to "admit he was in the IRA".

The government may not implement a change in the tax status of married couples promised by the Tories, Cabinet minister Ken Clarke says.

London Midland, which has cancelled hundreds of trains because of a driver shortage, expects to cancel 58 more on Saturday.

Hurricane Sandy could merge with a winter storm to create what they have dubbed "Frankenstorm" as it bears down on the US, forecasters warn.

Lawyers for former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi are to appeal against his jail sentence for tax fraud, media reports say.

New York City police are hoping to interview a nanny after two children were discovered stabbed to death in a luxury apartment on Thursday evening.

Councils in England and Wales say they are ready to cope with icy road conditions this winter as temperatures drop with the first cold snap of the season.