Peers vote in favour of outlawing discrimination in the UK on the grounds of caste, defeating the government.

Plans to make further savings to the £2bn legal aid bill in England and Wales, taking in criminal cases, are announced by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.

Thomson cancels plans to start services using Boeing's 787 Dreamliner planes in May, transferring long-haul passengers to its 767 aircraft.

The UK's most senior judge warns that the legal profession will be "troubled" by aspects of plans to allow courts to examine secret intelligence in private.

The family of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of murder, distances itself from his father's comments that guns are needed to protect white people from crime.

NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has spelled out his determination to carry on leading the health service as he faced a grilling from MPs over his role in the Stafford Hospital scandal.

Justin Bieber apologises to fans for emerging late for his sold out concert at London's O2 on Monday night.

Controversial regulations governing the contracting out of services in the NHS will be withdrawn and re-written amid growing concerns about increasing competition, the government says.