An 11-year-old boy is badly injured when a car crashes on to the Newcastle-Carlisle railway line in Northumberland.

A search is under way for a mother who is believed to have run away with her son to prevent him receiving cancer treatment.

Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried are among the stars at the world premiere of the film version of the musical Les Miserables in London.

The Brit Awards shortlists three promising new artists for its 2013 Critics' Choice Award, who will follow in the footsteps of past winners Adele, Jessie J and Emeli Sande.

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYO) is awarded the prestigious Queen's Medal for Music at a London gala.

Involuntary childlessness may increase the likelihood of early death, a Danish study suggests.

Children born after fertility treatments, such as IVF, may be more likely to develop asthma, research suggests.

The medical director of the NHS in England, Sir Bruce Keogh, plans to publish performance data for individual surgeons within two years.