Defence Secretary Liam Fox has postponed a visit to Sri Lanka, following reported Foreign Office concerns about the trip.

A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an airliner with a bomb sewn into his underwear last December is arraigned on new charges in the US.

Prime Minister David Cameron was sent baby gifts by shops and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi the month his daughter Florence was born.

The NHS is paying private hospitals nearly £35m a month to treat patients - a rise of more than 60% in a year, figures obtained by the BBC show.

The continuing financial problems in the eurozone pose a threat to UK banks, the Bank of England warns.

The Office of Fair Trading is warning people not to go to loan sharks to raise cash for presents and festivities.

A report urges the government to tighten rules on timber-framed buildings after a series of large fires in London.

Officials in Oklahoma execute a prison inmate using a drug cocktail that includes for the first time a sedative typically used to euthanize animals.