Officials confirm a case of bird flu at a duck farm in East Yorkshire, but say the risk to public health is very low.

The Church of England is poised to formally adopt legislation which means its first female bishops could be ordained next year.

Hundreds of defence workers stage a four-day strike in a dispute over pay.

The chairman of the Commons education select committee, Graham Stuart, says schools in England are failing to teach children about the dangers of online abuse and trolling.

A Mediterranean diet is a better way of tackling obesity than calorie counting, leading doctors say.

Pre term birth biggest global killer

Consumer watchdog Which? is calling for a rethink of the way broadband speeds are advertised, claiming current ones are misleading.

Japan's economy unexpectedly shrank for a second consecutive quarter, marking a technical recession in the world's third largest economy.