Roy Hodgson admits it will be hard to select his World Cup squad but he is prepared to omit experienced players.

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's favourite teacher used to beat him, he tells the Times Educational Supplement.

The World Bank postpones a $90m (£54m) loan to Uganda after President Yoweri Museveni signed a tough and controversial new anti-gay law.

Northern Ireland's first minister is accused of "an astonishing climb down" in the row over the secret government letters sent to more than 180 paramilitary suspects.

UKIP holds its spring conference on Friday, with leader Nigel Farage looking to galvanise support ahead of May's European elections.

An MI5 agent who pretended to have links to the Gestapo secretly controlled a vast network of Nazi sympathisers, newly-released files reveal.

A smartphone designed for the defence and security industries has been developed by Boeing.

A former London Underground station used by the War Office is sold to developers for £53m.