E-cigarettes can help smokers stop or reduce their habit, a Cochrane review has found.

A law which allows several people to be prosecuted for murder even though they may have played different roles needs to be reviewed urgently, MPs say.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama tells the BBC he realises that he may be the last to hold the title.

Petrol could soon sell for less than £1 a litre thanks to the plummeting price of oil, motoring organisation the RAC has predicted.

Technology giant Apple says it cannot currently sell products online in Russia because the rouble's value is too volatile for it to set prices.

Smoking in cars with children will be banned in England, under new laws put forward by the government.

Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif vows to rid his country of terrorism after the Taliban killed 141 people, mostly children, at a Peshawar school.

More shares in Lloyds Banking Group are to be sold by the government, in a move which could raise up to £3bn.