A major investigation into whether mobile phones and other wireless technologies affect children's mental development is getting under way.

Changes to the probation service, which will see most work contracted out, carry "significant risks", MPs warn.

The amount of consumer-related financial disputes reached a record in the year to March, according to the Financial Ombudsman.

The Police Federation is meeting for its annual conference amid calls for far-reaching reforms and allegations of bullying.

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has cancelled a tour of Japan due to an illness, organisers say.

BBC Sport counts down 100 of the greatest World Cup moments, as the 2014 tournament in Brazil draws nearer.

Giles Clarke, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, calls England's 5-0 Ashes loss "appalling and unacceptable".

Glasgow captain Al Kellock is absent from Vern Cotter's first Scotland squad, which includes six uncapped players.