The police watchdog urges the Metropolitan Police to reduce the use of excessive force following complaints against its specialist riot officers.

Cuts to the number of full-time military personnel would "risk the safety of the nation and the peace of the world", the Archbishop of York fears.

This year's Strictly celebrities are beset by dislocated ribs and bad backs as they head into the final, with Olympic gymnast Louis Smith favourite to win.

The Hampshire district of Hart is named as the UK's most desirable place to live for quality of life in a study by the Halifax.

Cannabis makes pain more bearable rather than actually reducing it, a brain imaging study from the University of Oxford suggests.

The British ambassador to Argentina is summoned by officials in Buenos Aires to explain why part of Antarctica has been renamed in honour of the Queen.

An experimental 'Trojan-horse' cancer therapy has completely eliminated prostate cancer in experiments on mice, according to UK researchers.

UK troops could be withdrawn from Afghanistan more quickly than previously announced, David Cameron suggests on a visit to Camp Bastion.