US Vice-President Joe Biden is to hold talks in London with UK Prime Minister David Cameron, it is announced.

Politicians must distinguish properly between the UK's debt and its deficit, UK Statistics Authority chairman Andrew Dilnot says.

Men who donate sperm can apply to seek a role in the lives of their biological children, the High Court has ruled.

Egyptian protesters clash with police outside Cairo's presidential palace, after the deadliest week of violence since Mohammed Morsi came to power.

A man once labelled Sweden's worst serial killer, Sture Bergwall, secures retrials for three murders after withdrawing confessions made in the 1990s.

A driver is in for a shock after workmen at one of Scotland's busiest train stations cut up the car park around his vehicle, leaving it on a tiny island of asphalt.

A young woman is left disfigured after acid was thrown in her face as she walked through Dagenham.

Male artists dominate a listeners' poll to find BBC Radio 6 Music's top 100 tracks of the past 10 years, with Coldplay's Clocks at number one.