More than twice as many soldiers could be made redundant in the next few years than had originally been estimated, a confidential memo suggests.

People who receive PPI payouts will have to pay tax on the interest element, the BBC has learned.

"Hair in hand" killer Danilo Restivo, jailed for life earlier this year for murdering a woman in Bournemouth, is found guilty of murdering a teenager in Italy.

The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held in Gold Coast after the Australian city beat off the challenge of Sri Lankan town Hambantota.

A test which predicts pre-eclampsia in pregnant women could alert doctors to women at risk of the potentially fatal condition, US scientists say.

Dozens of medical marijuana dispensaries in California have been ordered to close from Saturday, as a federal crackdown looms.

Baseball player Wilson Ramos, who plays for the US Major League Washington Nationals team, is freed in Venezuela, where he was kidnapped two days ago.

Italy's lower house of parliament is to vote on austerity measures demanded by the European Union, which should pave the way for PM Silvio Berlusconi to resign.