Debutant Billy Vunipola scores a first-half hat-trick as England easily beat a South American select side in Uruguay.

Ed Balls will pledge to end winter fuel allowances for the richest pensioners in a speech later, while promising "iron discipline" on spending.

Film star Angelina Jolie says she feels "moved" by the support she has received from fans since she announced she had a double mastectomy.

Lib Dem energy and climate secretary Ed Davey is to make an unprecedented attack on "blinkered" and "publicity-seeking" climate change sceptics.

One of the energy firms hoping to exploit the UK's resources of shale gas says it may be sitting on significantly more gas than previously thought.

Two men charged with murdering soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, are due to face court hearings.

Almost a third of UK primary pupils think cheese is made from plants and nearly one in five thinks fish fingers come from chicken, suggests a survey.

Mario Draghi, the head of the European Central Bank (ECB), defends its bond-buying programme ahead of a court hearing against it.