Polls close in Croydon North, Middlesbrough and Rotherham, with Labour hoping to retain all three seats in the face of a challenge from smaller parties.

Eight supermarkets have agreed to ensure that special offers and price promotions are fair, following a regulator's investigation.

A pillow case was placed over a prisoner's head to stop him spitting at staff, an inspection reveals.

The fullest account yet of a massacre which took place during the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya in the 1950s has emerged in Foreign Office documents.

Many over 50s are "sleepwalking into their old age", a pensions group says, as research suggests people are over-optimistic about retirement income.

A convicted sex offender wins a High Court order for the removal of a Facebook page monitoring paedophiles in Northern Ireland.

Online gambling site Sportingbet announces a fall in first quarter revenues, citing "challenging trading conditions", as poker revenues drop 50%.

The Duchess of Cambridge visits children and teachers at her old school in Berkshire.