England off-spinner Graeme Swann is to have an X-ray on an arm injury sustained in the Ashes warm-up match against Essex.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will have face-to-face talks over his future with manager David Moyes this week.

About 50,000 tonnes of plastic recycling material and a factory unit are on fire in Smethwick in the West Midlands.

The consequences of the housing benefit cut introduced in April are worse than feared, according to the National Housing Federation.

David Cameron says the government will bring forward proposals for a transferable tax allowance for married couples and civil partners "shortly".

Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union after a decade of negotiations, with thousands joining celebrations across the country.

Mark Carney officially takes over as head of the UK's central bank, replacing Sir Mervyn King as governor of the Bank of England.

Payday lenders fail to live up to the "spirit or the letter" of codes they signed up to last year, consumer minister Jo Swinson says ahead of a summit.