The Royal College of Nursing has warned of a "deepening workforce crisis" in the NHS in England.

Government plans to allow more evidence in court cases to be heard behind closed doors are criticised by a committee of MPs and peers.

Eurozone finance ministers give Greece two more years to meet its budget targets, but delay releasing the next tranche of vital bailout funds.

Energy Secretary Ed Davey will address Parliament later, as regulators launch an investigation into allegations that wholesale gas prices have been manipulated.

UK motorists will be able to buy vehicle tax discs at the post office for another seven years after the network won a £450m contract.

A jury retires in the trial of a former Labour MP accused of receiving £53,000 through false expenses claims.

The UN failed to protect civilians in the last months of Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, a leaked draft of a highly critical internal UN report says.

A British soldier shot dead by a member of the Afghan army is described as a "doting and amazing father and a fantastic husband" by his wife.