The Pensions Regulator plans to ensure higher standards for the running of defined contribution pension schemes.

Tiny hairs in the ear which detect sounds have been regenerated to reverse deafness for the first time, say US researchers in the journal Neuron.

Introducing medication-free spells to cancer treatment may keep patients alive for longer, according to studies in mice with skin cancer.

Low pay is deterring people from becoming councillors, a report by MPs says, but the Conservatives accuse Labour of using the report to raise party funds.

Five men formally charged with the abduction, gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman are due back in a Delhi court.

Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg reveals, in the first of his weekly radio phone-ins, that he is yet to wear a "onesie" given to him as a present.

Singer Emeli Sande receives four nominations for the Brit Awards, with other acts in the running including Adele, Amy Winehouse and The Rolling Stones.

Fire crews in south-east Australia work around to clock to tackle bushfires ahead of a new hot spell forecast for the weekend.