A painting by LS Lowry - described by Sotheby's as one of his "most exciting works" - is sold at auction for £2.3 million.

Phil Mickelson admits trying to win the US Open for the first time has created extra pressure for this year's event.

Transport for London has warned of traffic disruption on Wednesday as black-cab drivers prepare to protest about rival service Uber.

More than 150,000 people are forced to flee Iraq's second city Mosul after Islamist militants effectively take control of it and several other towns.

England will give an update on Danny Welbeck's fitness on Wednesday after the striker suffered a thigh problem in training.

Another Star Wars film will be made in the UK next year, Chancellor George Osborne confirms.

Proposals to extend the use of statins should be scrapped, a group of leading doctors and academics says.

President Barack Obama says no other developed nation would tolerate the level of gun violence plaguing the US, as he called for "soul searching".