Televised debates ahead of the 2010 general election "took all the life out of the campaign", David Cameron says as he hints at changes to the format.

HSBC will pay US authorities $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in a settlement over a money-laundering probe, say reports, the largest amount ever in such a case.

The deputy prime minister says he will block government plans to give police and intelligence services new powers to monitor email and internet use.

Uptake of the whooping cough vaccine in pregnant mothers has been "extraordinarily good" in England, the Department of Health says.

Asia will wield more global power than the US and Europe combined by 2030, a forecast from the US intelligence community has found.

An unprecedented legal challenge of last summer's GCSE English results by an alliance including pupils and unions will open at the High Court later.

A monkey who caused a stir in a Toronto Ikea store by wearing a sheepskin coat and a nappy has been sent to a primate sanctuary.

Prisoners at an overcrowded city jail are too scared to leave their wings to go to work due to levels of violence in the facility, an inspection finds.