The number of beaches failing to meet minimum standards for water quality rises after 2012's wet summer, the Marine Conservation Society report.

Government policies on energy and climate change are helping to reduce the rise in gas and electricity bills, a Whitehall report says.

A collection of previously unpublished letters by Charles Darwin reveal a highly emotional side to the naturalist.

Archaeologists are trying to piece together clues to the identity of a shipwreck in the north-west Highlands.

The government promises funding to help UK businesses "compete" more effectively in the global nuclear energy market.

A new initiative to share information on cyber threats between businesses and government is launched.

Scientists link wastewater injection from hydraulic fracturing to a magnitude-5.7 earthquake that struck the US state of Oklahoma in 2011.

The world's internet has been slowed down by what experts are describing as the biggest attack of its kind in history.