Croydon boy Ben Haenow has been named this year's X Factor winner after going head to head with Fleur East in the 2014 final at Wembley Arena.

Lewis Hamilton is the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014, with golfer Rory McIlroy second and athlete Jo Pavey third.

Hundreds of armed police seal off an area of central Sydney after at least one gunman takes hostages in a cafe.

David Cameron is to turn his fire on Labour's economic plans, saying they would permanently add to the UK's debt.

A new fee-free template for basic UK bank accounts has been revealed by the Treasury after a deal with major banks.

The government's cap on benefits is providing an incentive for people who are affected to find work, new research suggests.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin is due to be questioned by MPs about why the UK's national air traffic control centre went down last week.

Three prisoners who escaped from the US island prison Alcatraz in 1962 may have made it to land alive, a new study suggests.