A man launched a "frenzied" attack on police officers in north London after taking a knife from a butcher's shop, a court hears.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says he is not prepared to reduce the number of foreign prisoners in British jails at the expense of other countries' safety.

A miniature city with all the infrastructure and computer systems of a real one has been built to train US cyber-warriors.

The latest university application figures have fallen by 8% compared with the same point last year - and are the lowest for at least six years.

The number of HIV cases in Russia was 12% higher in the first six months of 2012 than in the same period last year, government health experts say.

The UK and Kuwait are expected to announce a major security partnership worth up to £1.5bn ($2.4bn), the BBC understands.