Canada will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, the first nation to pull out of the treaty, the environment minister has said.

A committee of MPs is demanding changes to the way their expenses are handled saying the current independently run system is "damaging" parliament .

More than 5,000 people are now believed to have been killed in the uprising in Syria, the UN's top human rights official says.

A growing proportion of surveyors believe that economic uncertainty is holding back housing market activity.

The recruitment outlook during the first quarter of 2012 is at its lowest level for three years, according to a survey by Manpower.

One in 100 secondary school pupils could be missing classes because of chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, say researchers.

Ambulances in England are facing major delays dropping off emergency patients at hospital, the BBC has learnt.

Inflation means a Christmas dinner for six will cost an average £74, £3.70 higher than last year, says the University of Nottingham.