Two homes are being demolished after an explosion which killed two people at a terraced house in Nottinghamshire, emergency planners say.

A conman who fleeced more than £170,000 out of women he met on a website for "sugar daddies" is jailed for seven years.

Trevor Bolder, the bassist in David Bowie's legendary 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, has died from cancer at the age of 62.

The UK tax authority's failure to hit a target of reducing tax credit fraud and error has "cost the taxpayer dear", a committee of MPs says.

UK fruit growers could enjoy a much better harvest of apples and pears this year, following the dismal crop in 2012, experts believe.

Nick Clegg insists the Liberal Democrats will not "pull the plug" on the coalition government ahead of the next general election.

A "stocktake" of UK nature suggests 60% of animal and plant species have declined in the past 50 years - and one in 10 could end up disappearing.

Fifty five beaches in England meet tough new EU standards on water quality to achieve Blue Flag awards.