The mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence is helping to launch a new centre for research in to race and education.

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A man beat his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend to death and killed their unborn child in a "brutal" attack, a court hears.

Russia and the Arab League say they want to broker direct talks to end the Syria crisis as the opposition prepares to hold a two-day summit in Cairo.

Couples struggling to have a baby should get fertility treatment more quickly and older women should gain access to IVF, say new NHS guidelines.

Private firms are better at running prisons than the public sector, the centre-right think tank Reform says.

Some of the world's richest internet entrepreneurs, including Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg, have awarded 11 disease researchers $3m (£1.9m) each.

UK aerospace company BAE Systems reports a fall in full-year profits, blaming delays over a major contract with Saudi Arabia and weak global demand.