Prime Minister David Cameron says the government's Help to Buy scheme has, "got off to an extraordinary start," after two major lenders reported a strong uptake.

Jamaica's most senior drug tester says the country's recent rash of failed tests might be the "tip of an iceberg".

The Royal College of Nursing questions the independence of an inquiry commissioned by a hospital into its cancer waiting times.

Three Iranian-expatriate musicians living in Brooklyn, New York, are shot dead by another Iranian musician in what police called a murder-suicide.

Britain will be forced to end its long-term military commitment to Afghanistan unless its government signs a security agreement with international forces, the defence secretary warns.

Five police officers and two staff are suspended from duty after a man died in police custody.

Manchester City Council apologises after a misprinted Union Flag is flown above the city's library on Armistice Day.

The UK will send a Royal Navy warship to help deal with the storm disaster in the Philippines, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.