Authorities in Virginia identify the remains of a British-born university student who disappeared last month after a night out with friends.

The cost of getting a driving licence is being cut following a recent public consultation, the government says.

Better protection is needed for consumers buying used cars, says a commission studying the high level of complaints against the sector.

Scientists from Harvard Medical School have discovered a way of turning stem cells into killing machines to fight brain cancer.

Many financial providers are failing to properly explain the protection shoppers have when something goes wrong with a credit card purchase, consumer group Which? suggests.

Plans to turn an area of ancient Staffordshire woodland mentioned in the Domesday Book into a quarry anger conservationists.

Egypt declares a three-month state of emergency in parts of the Sinai Peninsula after two attacks there killed at least 31 soldiers.

A report into the route of the second phase of the controversial fast train project HS2 is expected to recommend a new station be built in Crewe.