Saudi Arabia launches a military operation in Yemen against Houthi rebels to protect "the legitimate government", the Saudi ambassador in the US says.

French investigators say the cockpit voice recorder of Germanwings 4U 9525 has usable data, but it has so far yielded no clues to the crash.

The public's enthusiasm for government by a coalition is at its lowest in at least 30 years, an annual opinion survey says.

A range of modern languages vital to the UK's economic future could be lost from schools in England, warns Labour.

Councils in England and Wales want new powers to combat men suspected of grooming children for sex, by using Asbo-style preventative measures.

A last-minute bid to change the way the Speaker of the House of Commons is elected is to be debated by MPs.

Preston tops a league table of the UK's "unhealthiest High Streets" according to the Royal Society for Public Health.

Services in the NHS in England are deteriorating in a way not seen since the early 1990s, according to a leading health think tank.