Too many patients are dying following emergency bowel surgery, experts who have done a comprehensive audit warn.

The UK economy grew by 0.4% in first quarter of 2015, revised up from a previous estimate of 0.3%, official figures show.

Plans to close BBC Three as a broadcast channel and move it online in January 2016 are approved by the BBC Trust

Schools are given legal obligations to support counter-extremism, but teachers raise concerns over 'spying'.

About 1,200 prisoners, including al-Qaeda suspects, escape from jail in central Yemen following clashes, officials say.

One of the last three remaining deep coal mines in the UK is to be closed by the end of the week, with the loss of 430 jobs

Four British tourists seriously injured in the Tunisian beach attack have been flown back to the UK by the RAF.

A passenger on a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train sets himself on fire, say officials, leaving at least eight people injured.