Parole boards should have more power to free criminals kept in overcrowded jails after serving their original terms, former justice secretary Ken Clarke says.

Alastair Cook becomes first Englishman to pass 10,000 Test runs as he captains England on day four against Sri Lanka.

MPs will investigate the UK's 6,000 occupational pension schemes after question marks arise at BHS and British Steel.

New figures suggest 63% of shoppers who bought women's clothes online in the last six months sent at least one item back to retailers.

The World Trade Organisation's former director-general tells the BBC that the UK economy risks a "huge blow" if it votes to leave the EU on 23 June.

Former Glee actor Mark Salling has been formally charged with two counts of receiving and possessing images of child sexual abuse.

At least 35% of corals in the northern and central parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef have been destroyed by mass bleaching, scientists warn.

The proposed sugar tax will "hit the poorest families hardest" and should be scrapped, the Taxpayers' Alliance says.