US Drug Enforcement Administration director Michele Leonhart is to step down after allegations that agents attended sex parties in Colombia funded by drug cartels.

Millions of public sector workers would be spared further pay cuts under Liberal Democrat plans, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announces.

Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps denies claims he changed Wikipedia entries about himself and other politicians.

The US Department of Justice opens an investigation into the death of a black man who died in police custody in Baltimore.

The number of people in England and Wales seeking hospital treatment for violence-related injuries is at a 15 year low, a study of Accident and Emergency data shows.

More than one million people sought emergency help from food banks in the last year, a charity says.

A puppy having its head trapped in a door and a dog being shot with a crossbow bolt were among thousands of cases of animal cruelty investigated by the RSPCA last year, the charity say.

Japan records its first trade surplus in three years due to the effects of the weaker yen and lower oil prices.