Britain will not be "panicked" into dropping bombs in Iraq, foreign secretary Philip Hammond says, as RAF jets return without firing weapons.

The director of the US Secret Service says its security plan was "not properly executed" when a man broke into the White House this month.

Microsoft announces the next version of its core operating system, called Windows 10, which will reintroduce the Start Menu.

Children in South Yorkshire care homes were left vulnerable to sexual abuse because of police "shortcomings", a report finds.

The number of people trafficked for slavery or other exploitation in the UK has risen sharply to more than 2,700, the National Crime Agency says.

The global loss of species is even worse than previously thought, with wildlife populations halving in just 40 years, a report says.

A boy with irreversible brain damage should be taken off a life-support machine despite the objections of his parents, a High Court judge rules.

Virgin Media asks Ofcom to investigate the way that the Premier League sells its TV rights, saying the present system is causing "significant consumer harm".