An independent inquiry will look into "events at the Co-op Bank" dating back to 2008, as its former chairman is bailed as part of a drugs investigation.

Prince Harry arrives in Antarctica ahead of a charity race to the South Pole in support of wounded troops.

Two of three women who were allegedly held as slaves in London for at least 30 years met a man who has been arrested via a collective, police say.

A security pact with the US is backed by Afghan elders who call for it to be signed this year rather than delayed as President Karzai wants.

Carl Froch retains his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles with a controversial ninth-round stoppage of George Groves.

The long-term survival of state boarding schools is at risk because of lack of cash to maintain accommodation, according to a leading head.

The police are failing to investigate hundreds of cases of anti-Muslim hate messages on the internet, according to a government-funded monitoring group.

Iran and six world powers meeting in Geneva reach a deal on Tehran's nuclear programme, foreign ministers say, without giving details.