Vince Cable launches proceedings which could lead to three former HBOS directors being banned from serving as company bosses, the BBC understands.

'Absurd' laws surrounding magic mushrooms, ecstasy and cannabis are hindering medical research, says a former government drugs adviser.

Care homes and hospitals have not been handling the majority of mental disability patients properly, a report finds.

More than 40 of Andy Warhol's paintings and prints are to go on display in Scotland later this year.

The US Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test to avoid needlessly provoking North Korea, defence officials say.

Labour is considering changing the welfare system to reward those who contribute more to the state, the shadow work and pensions secretary says.

The UK says it has "no immediate plans to withdraw" its diplomats from North Korea after its government warned their safety could not be guaranteed in the event of conflict.

David Cameron has backed Chancellor George Osborne for linking the Mick Philpott case to the need for welfare reform.