A former MI5 surveillance officer has broken cover to give Newsnight an unprecedented account of his life in service - and describe his anger at the way he was treated when the stress of the job became too much.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will say he is willing to impose seven-day working on hospital doctors in a hard-hitting speech later.

The £15m redevelopment of the Whitworth art gallery in Manchester makes the shortlist for this year's Riba Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building.

The proportion of poor children whose families work has risen, a report on living standards finds.

The Labour Party faces being publicly divided in a Commons vote over the government's planned cuts to benefits spending.

The government is set to launch a "root-and-branch" review of the BBC, as the corporation heads towards charter renewal in 2016.

Taxi booking app Uber is fined $7.3m in California for not giving regulators enough information about its service and business practices.

Critics of the nuclear agreement with Iran are at odds with "99% of the world and the majority of nuclear experts", US President Barack Obama says.