Sir John Chilcot says he hopes his report on the Iraq war will ensure future military intervention will be possible only with more careful analysis and political judgement.

A patient lay dead for up to four-and-a-half hours before being spotted at London's biggest A&E department, inspectors reveal.

Prison officers have withdrawn labour or staged unofficial walkouts at five prisons in England over the past five months, the BBC has learned.

Hillary Clinton's use of private email while secretary of state put the "entire country in danger", Republican Donald Trump has said.

The pound falls to a new low in Asian trading as concerns about the UK's vote to leave the European Union weigh on investor confidence.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is set to hear his sentence after being convicted on appeal of the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The pound hits a fresh 31-year low against the dollar in Asian trade as worries over the UK's exit from the European Union continue to rattle markets.

Food prices saw their biggest fall for more than a year last month as prices continued to drop, a survey suggests.