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.

Hosts Sweden miss two penalties as they are held 1-1 by Denmark, while Italy and Finland share a tame goalless draw.

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

The evacuation of a plane that crash-landed in San Francisco was delayed because pilots initially said passengers should stay put, an official says.

The NHS is considering whether to stop families from overriding the consent of people who have signed the organ donor register.

Campaigners for lower levels of immigration warn officials could be underestimating the scale of net migration in the UK.

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

Postal workers are set to receive millions of pounds' worth of Royal Mail shares when the company is privatised later this year.