Washington says it is disappointed that US citizen Alan Gross is not among the 2,900 prisoners to be released by Cuba as a gesture of goodwill.

Patients should be able to access their medical records and request prescriptions and appointments online, a government-backed group recommends.

Conservative Eurosceptics are pining for a "semi-detached" status for Britain, leaving it with no say in rules about the single market, says Chris Huhne.

A man is being treated in hospital after he was shot near a golf range.

Pope Benedict XVI attacks the commercialisation of Christmas as he holds the traditional Christmas Eve Mass at St Peter's Basilica in Rome.

With temporary ice rinks appearing in towns and cities across the UK, the Society of Sports Therapists is reminding people that ice skating can be a dangerous sport.

Surcharges for using a debit or credit card to pay for travel, theatre or cinema tickets will be banned by the end of 2012, the government says.

Agency workers in the UK are set to receive a pay and conditions boost as new rights come into effect.