Greece faces another crucial week as parliament prepares to vote on austerity measures that must pass to trigger new funds.

The former Justice Secretary Jack Straw is calling for reform of the motor insurance industry, to prevent insurers referring their clients to personal injury lawyers without permission.

The head of the British Medical Association, Hamish Meldrum, has told the BBC that he thinks some of the decisions on NHS savings have been "rushed and not very clearly thought through".

NHS chiefs are at risk of making "slash and burn" cuts to services in a drive to save money, doctors' leaders say.

Social care budgets in England will be cut this year - despite promises to put more money into services, according to an analysis of spending plans.

The only UK hospital carrying out strict tests on surgical instruments imported from Pakistan finds many are substandard.

British businesses hope to sign deals worth more than £1bn when the Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao meets David Cameron at Downing Street later.

Flapping and running, researchers say, may have been an important early step in the evolution of flight.