A Pakistani Taliban leader sends a letter to schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai expressing shock that the teenage campaigner was shot by Taliban gunmen last year.

People who are not registered to vote should not expect to get state pensions and other benefits, says a Labour MP.

US scientists say they have moved a step closer to being able to treat disorders such as Down's syndrome caused by extra chromosomes.

A senior violinist at Russia's Bolshoi Theatre dies after falling into the orchestra pit below the stage.

England's biggest hospital trust is to call in a specialist squad to help it tackle its "biggest ever financial challenge".

The cover of next month's Rolling Stone magazine featuring Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev causes outrage on social media networks.

Former Chelsea, Manchester United and England footballer Ray Wilkins is found guilty of drinking and driving.

An "intelligent" knife that can sniff out tumours to improve cancer surgery has been developed by scientists.