Tension is mounting as scientists await confirmation that a flyby of Pluto by Nasa's New Horizons probe was a success.

New commitments to preserve the "character and heritage" of the country's post boxes are set out by Royal Mail and Historic England.

Revised proposals to give English MPs a veto over laws that affect only England are to be debated by MPs.

Government legislation designed to toughen up the law on trade union strikes is to be debated for the first time by MPs.

Personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) should be made compulsory in state schools in England, campaigners say.

Spare capacity on the UK electricity system is set to fall to 1.2% this winter, the tightest in a decade.

The "biggest-ever footpath survey" is being launched by the Ramblers to build a picture of the state of the path network in England and Wales.

A signal received from the New Horizons spacecraft shows that it survived its historic encounter with Pluto.