PM David Cameron says "really good progress" has been made at a EU summit in Brussels but talks on renegotiating UK membership will be "very difficult".

UK experts back a call for flour to be fortified with folic acid, which they say would have prevented around 2,000 cases of serious birth defects since 1998.

Miners at Kellingley Colliery work their final shifts as the pit closure brings to an end centuries of deep coal mining in Britain.

The government's immigration cap is "counter-productive" and has had no effect on bringing down net migration, a committee of MPs say.

Labour calls on the government to scrap a review of the Freedom of Information Act, and says its powers should be strengthened.

Beijing authorities issue a second pollution "red alert", little more than a week after its first ever such warning.

UKIP MP Douglas Carswell tells the BBC the party needs a "fresh face" as leader, with "an optimistic message".

Energy firm Npower is to pay a record £26m "for failing to treat customers fairly" after an investigation by Ofgem into billing errors and complaints handling.