Italian author Roberto Saviano, who has lived in hiding since writing an expose about the Naples mafia, wins an international writer of courage award.

Mid Staffordshire Hospital Trust is given a further warning over staffing levels as a public inquiry continues.

The UK will continue to see a big rise in the number of people living in poverty, a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies warns.

Peers will pore over the government's plans to overhaul the NHS later, with a vote on the controversial legislation due on Wednesday.

Middle incomes face the biggest drop since the 1970s - and children in poverty in the UK will increase by 600,000, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Up to 10 times more oil than originally estimated is now thought to be leaking from a cargo ship stranded on a reef off the New Zealand coast, officials say.

When it comes to vitamins, it appears you could have too much of a good thing, say researchers who have found a link between use and higher death rates among older women.

The government's "schizophrenic attitude" to climate change is undermining investor confidence in low-carbon industries, a committee of MPs warns.