Rolls-Royce is to close its UK defence operations in Ansty, near Coventry, with the loss of nearly 400 jobs.

Four football players took pictures of themselves while sexually assaulting a drunk teenager, the Old Bailey is told.

The UK government condemns the death by firing squad sentence on drug-trafficking British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford in Bali.

The UK's largest firms are paying 19% more tax now than in 2005, according to a report, despite corporation tax payments falling by 17%.

The withdrawal of 3,800 UK troops from Afghanistan this year is unlikely to take place until the autumn, Britain's top general in the country says.

The Royal Academy's blockbuster Manet exhibition is all set to open this week - but one portrait is absent thanks to the British weather.

A new venture is joining the race to exploit mineral resources on asteroids.

Ashley Cole signs a one-year extension to his Chelsea contract, which was set to expire at the end of the season.