The major UK banks saw their core profits for 2012 wiped out by a mix of regulations and their own mistakes, a KPMG report says.

Austerity in the UK has cut demand and output more than even pessimists predicted, former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers tells the BBC.

The US-based Bristow Group is to take over UK helicopter search and rescue operations, including those of the RAF and Royal Navy, the BBC learns.

The number of teenagers and young adults dying from cancer in the UK has halved since the 1970s, according to a report from Cancer Research UK.

A post-mortem examination has found Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky's death to be "consistent with hanging", police say.

The US Supreme Court is to hear two landmark cases this week on gay marriage that could reshape the legal definition of marriage in America.

Jockeys in the 2013 Grand National are being urged to curb their speed and keep calm at the start of the race.

A temporary wooden church opens in Manchester ahead of major redevelopment of the city's cathedral.