Human cloning is used to produce early embryos, marking a "significant step" for medicine, say US scientists.

An 11-year-old boy from Liverpool shocks friends and family by joining Chelsea players as they collect their Europa League winners' medals.

Dedicated traffic courts are to be set up in England and Wales to prosecute minor motoring offences such as jumping traffic lights or speeding.

Applying high-frequency electrical noise to the brain can boost maths skills up to six months later, say Oxford University researchers.

A mother who has been asked to pay back £375,000 compensation after her son died fears she could become homeless.

Former defence secretary Liam Fox urges Conservatives to avoid "strife" about Europe and focus on David Cameron's plan to renegotiate some powers.

A constitutional body in Iran rules that women cannot run in presidential polls scheduled for 14 June, despite 30 women registering as candidates.

A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years.