Ed Miliband is to pledge to freeze or cut business rates for millions of small firms if Labour wins the next general election, in his keynote party conference speech.

Republic of Ireland appoint Noel King as their interim manager while they search for a permanent boss.

The Football Association believes Istanbul is the "front runner" to host the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020.

A former FBI agent pleads guilty to leaking information about an al-Qaeda bomb plot to a reporter, and to unrelated child pornography charges.

Minecraft, the highly popular building video game, adds accurate GB terrain data from Ordnance Survey to make its virtual world more realistic.

Del Boy, Trevor McDonald and Doctor Who form the "ultimate TV schedule" in a poll of Radio Times readers.

Two more men are arrested following the death of a policeman in a suspected hit-and-run collision.

Thousands of DNA swabs taken from former prisoners who were jailed before 1994 may have to be destroyed, if judges rule against a police force later.