Plans for tax breaks for some married couples and civil partners worth up to £200 a year from 2015 are unveiled by Prime Minister David Cameron.

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) says it will begin talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats on forming a coalition.

More than 100 people from ethnic minorities have told the BBC their bank accounts have been closed without a full explanation.

Childcare workers urge more play in the early years after a survey suggests academic skills are less important than social skills for school readiness.

Four people are charged with murder following a house fire in Leicester in which four members of the same family died, police say.

Prime Minister David Cameron announces £400m of funding to keep the Cancer Drugs Fund in England running until 2016.

A faded message found in a bottle buried 100 years ago inside Durham Cathedral has sparked a search for a mystery grave.

Royal Mail shares are to be sold by mid-October, before any possible strike action by postal workers, as the company is valued at between £2.6bn and £3.3bn by the government.