Plans for new elected mayors in three rural areas of England announced in the Budget by the government should be abandoned, Conservatives have said.

Barclays reports a 25% drop in profits for the first quarter, due to a weak performance in its investment banking division.

UK economic growth slowed to 0.4% in the first quarter of the year, official figures show.

Home Secretary Theresa May praises the "extraordinary dignity and determination" of the Hillsborough families throughout their 27-year fight for truth.

Apple reports its first decline in quarterly sales since 2003, as sales of iPhones fall.

Drugs mule Melissa Reid is set to return to the UK "very soon" after Peruvian authorities agreed to expel her, says the British embassy.

An NHS trust knew of failings at a care unit 10 months before a teenager drowned in a bath there, the BBC learns.

Children as young as 11 are among more than 1,000 alleged victims of revenge porn who reported offences in the first year of the new law coming into effect, a BBC investigation reveals.