Olympic silver-medal winning gymnast Louis Smith has won this year's Strictly Come Dancing final.

Much of the UK is preparing for further severe flooding following torrential downpours.

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

Comedian Dawn French says she nearly turned down her role in Vicar of Dibley, because she thought the character wasn't funny.

Off-licence chains say the illicit alcohol trade is having a major impact on legitimate traders and costing the Exchequer billions of pounds in lost tax revenue.

Plans to protect taxpayers from losses by separating banks' riskier investment arms from their High Street operations "fall well short", a parliamentary commission warns.

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.