Conservative peer Lord Tebbit calls for the death penalty to be reconsidered for those who kill police officers.

Forms of non-violent coercive behaviour and under-18s are to be covered in a new definition of domestic abuse, the Home Office says.

US President Barack Obama rebukes Mitt Romney, as his Republican rival defends remarks secretly filmed at a fundraiser.

Racism remains a "significant problem" in British football despite improvements, says a government report.

Up to a million people in the UK are giving themselves severe headaches by taking too many painkillers, doctors have warned.

Venomous snakes may be a good place to look for new drugs for a range of human diseases, researchers in Liverpool say.

Parents have been raising concerns about GCSE science grades as well as the controversial English results

The government's youth contract is not enough to tackle the scale of youth unemployment, a group of MPs says.