Many patients with advanced cancer and other debilitating conditions are being "under-treated" for their pain, according to new guidance from NICE.

Shares in Facebook drop another 9% amid reports financial regulators may review whether there was a selective disclosure of information to investors.

Higher undergraduate tuition fees may trigger a collapse in university applications from mature students in England, suggests a study.

Egyptians prepare to head to the polls in their first free presidential election in their history, made possible by last year's Arab Spring uprising.

Standards for diabetes care are still not being met in England 11 years after they were set, a report says.

Rates of hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA are going down but figures suggest other bacteria are an emerging problem in England.

Too many young people lack the social skills needed to get their first job, says a report on the issue of Neets.

The government will publish an annual "snapshot" of social mobility, measuring educational achievement, access to professions and birth weights.