Labour must respect policy dissent, shadow chancellor John McDonnell says as he pledges support for a fiscal charter proposed by George Osborne.

A hospital apologises after an RAF sergeant was moved away from other patients because staff said his uniform might cause offence.

A man has been shot dead in a street in east London, the Met Police say.

The UK is to extend the use of the RAF's Sentinel surveillance aircraft in Iraq and Syria, the defence secretary announces.

England and Wales meet in a crucial World Cup match on Saturday with both knowing defeat will threaten their World Cup progress.

The pontiff urges stronger action to protect the environment before a huge gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York.

Nobukazu Kuriki, a climber who lost nine of his fingers to frostbite, is close to reaching the summit of Everest on his fifth attempt

Millions of people globally have died unnecessarily from cancers that could have been treated by radiotherapy, according to doctors.