Liverpool agree a fee with Aston Villa for the transfer of Stewart Downing.

Two officials are arrested following the capsizing of a pleasure boat on Russia's Volga river in which more than 100 people died.

Moody's warns it may cut the US's triple-A debt rating because it is increasingly likely that its debt ceiling will not be raised.

Young survivors of a bus crash which claimed the lives of two teenagers, recall the horror of the collision.

An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses.

Maternity care across the UK needs a radical rethink, according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

A leading health charity says rising cancer rates mean four in 10 people get the disease at some point in their lives.

MPs are to meet later to decide whether to summon News International chief Rebekah Brooks to appear before them over the phone-hacking scandal.