Detectives in Accrington are hunting an attacker who ripped the tops of his victim's ears off after dragging him into a side street.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit an inner-city school in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.

Stellar displays from Britain's Mo Farah, Dai Greene and Phillips Idowu lit up a wet evening in Birmingham as Asafa Powell won the 100m.

President Obama meets congressional leaders to try to hammer out a budget deal, just three weeks before the US government runs out of money.

A patient from the West Midlands is challenging a decision to refuse him a gastric bypass operation.

The gap between the poorest children and their better-off peers in struggling schools in England is wider than in other schools, research suggests.

Prime Minister David Cameron is to unveil his public services blueprint, to end the "take-what-you're given" culture and put "power in people's hands".

Confidence among UK manufacturing firms has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, a survey suggests.