People spend more than a third of their disposable income on rent across large parts of England, a BBC investigation finds.

Local authority foster carers are being recruited by private agencies with cash incentives, councils say.

New research suggests that badgers do not transmit TB to cattle by direct contact.

The chief executive of Renault-Nissan tells the BBC he is "reasonably optimistic" over Brexit but says car prices will rise in the UK.

A survey suggests the sharpest contraction in the number of people securing a permanent job since May 2009.

A cleric who conducted an Islamic marriage ceremony involving an alleged honour killing victim claims he was threatened by a member of her family.

President Barack Obama says there have been gains against so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria but warns the group still poses a threat.

Jewish community leaders criticise Jeremy Corbyn's decision to nominate the head of Labour's anti-Semitism inquiry for a peerage.