The Metropolitan Police commissioner returns from leave to deal with concerns raised by the 'plebgate' row.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he is "disgusted" at accounts of patient neglect at a hospital in Worcestershire - including a claim that a patient starved to death.

Egyptians await the outcome of a vote on a controversial new constitution, with early results indicating it has been backed by a significant majority.

Mario Monti, who resigned as Italy's caretaker prime minister, is to reveal whether he plans to run for office in elections in February.

India batsman Sachin Tendulkar announces his retirement from the 50-over format of the game after a record-breaking career.

The Queen misses Sunday church service at her Sandringham estate as she is "getting over the tail end of a cold", Buckingham Palace said.

Hundreds of shops are destroyed as a fire sweeps through a market and money exchange in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Dozens of people are reported killed or wounded in an air strike on a bakery in the central Syrian province of Hama, activists say.