A proposed £32bn national high-speed rail link is described as a "white elephant" during a Commons debate.

Analogue TV signals will no longer be broadcast after 24 October 2012 as the UK converts to digital television.

An "indisputable masterpiece" by Lucian Freud depicting one of his most recognisable subjects fetches more than £3m at Sotheby's.

Unnecessary terminations are taking place in the UK because guidelines for determining a miscarriage leave too much room for error, say doctors.

People who cannot control their epilepsy with medication should be referred sooner for surgery, suggests a study in The Lancet.

Standard & Poor's cuts Spain's long-term credit rating, as rival Fitch downgrades European banks including Lloyds and RBS.

Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Letwin admits dumping government documents in park bins near Downing Street but denies breaching security.

Police in Kenya hunt for the gunmen responsible for the kidnapping of two Spanish women aid workers seized from the world's largest refugee camp.