The Serious Organised Crime Agency has refused to publish the names of rogue private investigators' clients despite pressure from MPs.

About 50 Islamist Boko Haram militants have been killed in Nigeria after the military tracked them and then raided their camps, an army spokesman says.

Motorists at the Dartford Crossing between Kent and Essex are facing huge delays after it was closed in both directions due to a security alert.

Nasa is set to launch its latest mission to the Moon to study its tenuous atmosphere and strange-behaving dust.

The General Medical Council are to be given new powers to check the English-language skills of all doctors working in the UK, under government proposals.

The English Defence League (EDL) loses a High Court case for the right to demonstrate on Saturday in Tower Hamlets.

A man is arrested on suspicion of burglary, trespass and criminal damage after scaling a fence to get into Buckingham Palace, police say.

Nurses and midwives in the UK will face three-yearly checks from 2015 to improve standards of care under proposals being put forward.