One of the Conservative Party's most senior spokespeople complained about Mark Clarke - the activist at the centre of the bullying scandal - as long ago as 2008, BBC Newsnight has learned.

Pop star Adele dominates the BBC Music Awards, winning two of the night's five prizes.

Supermarket chain Morrisons cuts the price of unleaded petrol to below £1 a litre, the lowest level - excluding special promotions - in the UK since 2009.

Obesity is the biggest threat to women's health and must be tackled as a national priority, England's chief medical officer warns.

The Care Quality Commission, the health watchdog in England, is "not yet an effective regulator", MPs say.

An independent panel should assist the Home Office in devising a new funding formula for police forces in England and Wales, a committee of MPs says.

A lake in California is being searched by police investigating the shooting of 14 people in San Bernardino last week.

Business groups react with anger at the government's delay in reaching a decision on airport expansion, with one branding it "gutless", but opponents welcome the move.