Officials' primary concern was with "national security" during a paedophile scandal involving a senior British diplomat in the 1980s, according to a former top civil servant.

Actress Geraldine McEwan, known for playing Agatha Christie sleuth Miss Marple on ITV, has died aged 82, her family says.

A chemical weapons expert working with Islamic State in Iraq has been killed in a coalition air strike. the US military says.

Benedict Cumberbatch and members of codebreaker Alan Turing's family are among those calling for thousands of men who were prosecuted for being gay to be pardoned.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to log on today to file a self-assessment tax return and avoid a £100 fine.

Nine babies who survived a gas explosion at a Mexican hospital are given DNA testing so they can be reunited with their parents.

Developing "religious literacy" in schools will make young people less vulnerable to radicalisation, a leading teacher is to say.

Well-wishers donate more than £56,000 to help a disabled pensioner who was mugged outside his Gateshead home.