The MPs' expenses watchdog will recommend a pay rise for MPs to £74,000 but will say there should be cuts to other allowances, the BBC's political editor learns.

Thresher sharks use overhead "tail-slaps" to hunt sardines, stunning and eating several fish at a time, research reveals.

The NHS in England risks "sleepwalking" into poorer quality care unless hospital and GP services are reorganised, according to its leaders

The 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War is to be marked with a parade and thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey later.

The majority of babies born in three years' time will have parents who are not married, official figures suggest.

The government is considering retaining the Faslane naval base as sovereign UK territory if there is a yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum.

Six protesters from Greenpeace are attempting to scale the tallest building in western Europe, The Shard.

Trent Bridge's wall of noise added atmosphere in an absorbing start to the Ashes, says cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew