UK

Governments "have to be fair" to pensioners but there is a case for people on the top rate of income tax to be excluded from winter fuel payments, Gordon Brown has said.

Friends of Jay Slater have failed to appear as witnesses at an inquest into his death - as a coroner heard the British teenager had drugs in his system before he died from a "devastating" head injury.

A tornado could batter parts of the UK, experts are warning - as southern England endures heavy rain following the driest start to spring in decades.

West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes collected in the UK for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.

A survivor of the Southport knife attack is calling for the use of blunt-tipped knives in home kitchens, in a campaign she says is "for the girls".

Footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has admitted his involvement in a plot to smuggle £600,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand into the UK.

US singer Chris Brown has been released on bail by a judge in London but must pay a £5m security fee to the court.

A 15-year-old boy died from drowning after jumping off a pier in South Wales, a coroner has concluded.

A man has appeared in court charged with culpable and reckless conduct after a football player was hit by a seat thrown towards the pitch.

Criminals, including sex offenders and domestic abusers, could be released from prison after serving a third of their sentence to free up space in overcrowded jails, according to proposals in a sentencing policy review.