Child sexual exploitation has become a "social norm" within some areas of Greater Manchester, according to the author of a report ordered after the Rochdale grooming case.

Surrey Police apologises to the family of two women for returning guns to a man convicted of murdering them at a puppy farm near Farnham.

A Home Office study of drug policies used across the world suggests there is no link between how tough penalties are and the level of drug use.

Papers seen by the BBC suggest cuts to the Employment and Support Allowance are being contemplated but ministers say it is not policy.

Vulnerable patients in England will get better support in the community as part of plans to ease pressure on hospitals, ministers say.

A UK national sperm bank - charged with reversing a growing shortage of sperm - starts work in Birmingham.

There are "significant gaps" in raising standards in schools in England, a report by the spending watching the National Audit Office says.

A nurse who cared for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone is fighting the US state of Maine over its right to quarantine her against her will.