Police make a second arrest, a 16-year-old boy from west London, in connection with the TalkTalk hacking attack.

Hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism will be halved in England, the NHS has announced.

Too many of the most vulnerable young people are "cut adrift when they need help the most", says the head of a powerful committee of MPs.

The UK may not be prepared for the number of Syrian refugees the government plans to accept, MPs say.

Chancellor George Osborne will launch the National Infrastructure Commission later to oversee £100bn of spending on infrastructure projects.

The United Nations will investigate the UK government's welfare and human rights policies as part of a planned review.

The disappearance of a woman from a cruise ship near Mexico four years ago should be investigated by UK authorities, an MP demands.

Scottish Labour is to decide whether or not to discuss the thorny issue of Trident renewal as its conference as it gets under way in Perth, with Jeremy Corbyn due to address delegates.