An 11-year-old boy says he is happy to be alive after an allergy thought to be caused by ibuprofen caused severe blistering.

A man from north London has his British citizenship revoked for allegedly being an Islamist extremist but friends say he had refused to work for the intelligence services.

Some families may lose as much as £50,000 over the next 16 years due to cuts in child benefit, says the accountancy firm PwC.

The estate of television presenter Jimmy Savile is frozen by NatWest bank ahead of anticipated legal action by victims of alleged abuse.

Russia brings into force a law that aims to protect children from harmful internet content, but critics say it may increase censorship.

Many private schools are failing to fulfil their original charitable purpose and should embrace the academies programme, Lord Adonis warns.

The winner of this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize will be announced in London later, with bookmakers naming indie rockers Alt-J as the favourites.

Manufacturing activity in China expands for the first time in three months, a sign that the country could be recovering from its slowest pace of growth in three years.