A serious case review into child sex exploitation in Rochdale says vulnerable young girls were failed by those who were meant to protect them.

Ed Miliband vows to give councils the power to ban high stakes roulette machines from bookmakers shops if Labour wins the next election.

Vincent Tan is deciding whether to sack manager Malky Mackay before or after Saturday's Premier League match at Liverpool.

Uganda's parliament passes a bill to toughen the punishment for homosexual acts to include life imprisonment and force people to report gay activities.

The US NSA and Britain's GCHQ monitored the communications of an EU commissioner, UN humanitarian organisations and the Israeli PM, reports say.

US Scientists have performed a dramatic reversal of the ageing process in animal studies, by using a chemical to rejuvenate muscle in mice.

The Scottish and UK governments will miss Friday's election watchdog deadline to agree what will happen after the independence referendum.

The Catholic Church in Scotland is criticised for the way it handles abuse victims by former pupils of two prestigious catholic boarding schools.