Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697 "impermissible donation".

A Sussex vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of marriages to bypass immigration law.

David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.

Convicted serial killer Peter Tobin is questioned by police in Edinburgh in connection with serious sexual crimes.

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.

A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings.

A couple who left a three-year-old boy in their care with more than 70 injuries are jailed for life.

About £10,000 in hidden cash is recovered from an Italian man's underwear as he is about to fly out from Belfast International Airport.

People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

Mother's heartbreak over her abducted child

An inquiry into claims of 'racial prejudice' at a Cardiff UK Border Agency office finds all but one claim was "unsubstantiated".

The mother of a teenage girl killed after getting off a school bus in Aberdeenshire is suing the car driver involved.

More women in the developed world are choosing not to have children. So why do others think it's OK to question this decision?

A Tamil refugee hunger striker accepts undisclosed damages over newspaper stories he secretly ate burgers during his protest.

The next head of the Army will be the current Commander in Chief Land Forces, General Sir Peter Wall, the Ministry of Defence says.

Hawley Crippen is one of the most infamous killers in British history. But was he really innocent of murdering his wife?

A man who threw an egg at Conservative peer Baroness Warsi when she was on a visit to Bedfordshire is jailed for six weeks.

Fed-up residents claim some taxi drivers are ruining their "quality of life" by urinating outside their homes.