The level of greenhouse gases is rising rapidly and far greater global efforts are needed to tackle the issue, a leaked draft UN report has warned.

The government is forced to clarify its claim to be spending more on flood defences than ever before.

Google says it is testing a "smart contact lens" that can help measure glucose levels in tears.

US lawyers are to challenge the drugs used in executions in Ohio after a murderer took 25 minutes to die from a new lethal cocktail.

More white rhinos were illegally killed in South Africa in 2013 than in any previous year according to government figures.

A fragment of bone unearthed in 1999 could be the remains of King Alfred the Great or his son Edward the Elder, experts say.

Britain's gardeners are still using too much peat compost, despite more than 30 years of campaigns, according to the Royal Horticultural Society.

Nearly 50 of Britain's special wildlife sites were hit in the "devastating" recent flooding, according to a new assessment.