BAE Systems buys a 20% stake in a company developing a radical engine that could propel aircraft into space.

David Cameron wants to increase the number of children who move in with adoptive families before legal work is completed.

Theatre ticket prices rose by more than 5% across the UK last year as venues sought to make up for funding cuts, figures show.

A campaign calling for the government to increase investment in mental health services has been launched.

Poor visibility caused by thick fog is expected to cause travel disruption across the UK on Monday, forecasters warn.

Knights and dames will be dropped from the Australian honours system, the Order of Australia, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces.

Observers say Islamic State fighters have captured the Syrian town of Maheen in Homs Province from government forces.

Ex-US senator Fred Thompson - who acted in films and on TV, investigated President Nixon and made a bid for the presidency - dies at the age of 73.