British academic Angus Deaton has been awarded the Nobel economics prize for 2015 for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.

Three men accused of plotting a beheading as part of a UK terror attack were inspired by a fatwa issued by the Islamic State group, a court hears.

A housing association apologises after attempts to bring down the Red Road flats in Glasgow left two of the six towers largely intact.

The coke ovens and blast furnace at the Redcar steelworks will close after no viable offers to buy them were received, the Insolvency Service confirms.

The woman accused of murdering Becky Watts did not see her on the day she was killed, a court hears.

Two RAF airmen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghan capital, Kabul, are named as Flt Lt Geraint Roberts and Flt Lt Alan Scott.

About 400,000 Volkswagen cars in the UK will need fuel injectors altered as well as a software fix, its UK boss said.

Labour MP Helen Goodman apologises after making comments about Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's Chinese wife.