Women taking HRT pills for the menopause should be aware that there is a small chance it could increase their risk of blood clots and possibly stroke, according to a study.

Plans to require future governments to honour an overseas aid spending target are set to become law in a move welcomed by campaigners.

Ofsted finds social care for children in England is "inadequate" or "requires improvement" in three-quarters of the local authorities it inspected last year.

Some 396 registered sex offenders have gone missing across the UK, including some who have not been located for more than a decade, police records show.

"Apologists" for those who commit acts of terrorism are partly responsible for the violence, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will say later.

Prudential boss Tidjane Thiam is to leave the insurance giant to take the top job at Credit Suisse later this year.

Comedian Jason Manford says the BBC's decision to "ban" all-male panels is "brilliant" but should not have been made public.

Two men and a woman are charged with gross negligence manslaughter after the death of an 86-year-old woman at a Nottingham care home.