London Underground workers will be balloted for strike action over 750 job cuts and ticket office closures, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union says.

Britain calls the opening of a diplomatic bag by the Spanish Guardia Civil at the border with Gibraltar "a serious infringement" of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

The Today programme's James Naughtie spoke to residents of Aberdeen about the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence

Microsoft has responded to user reports of problems with the disc drive on the new Xbox One console by offering a free download

Former UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom reveals he is considering running for Parliament in 2015 as a "motorists' champion".

Pope Francis calls for power in the Catholic Church to be devolved away from the Vatican, in the first major work he has written in the role.

The trial of two men accused of murdering soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London is to start in the next few days, the judge says.

Pharmacy giant Boots recalls tens of thousands of bottles of cough and cold medicines over fears that plastic might have got into the liquid.