A future Labour government would require private schools to "earn" business rate relief by helping out state schools - or lose it, the party will warn.

A report into the killing of Fusilier Lee Rigby is set to criticise MI5 over its monitoring of one of the killers, but will add that the security service could not have prevented his death, the BBC understands.

Internet retailing giant Amazon is offering its online customers access to Royal Mail's Local Collect "click and collect" network.

Users of public transport should report suspicious behaviour to help thwart terror attacks, a police chief says.

The government's flagship welfare programme, Universal Credit, is being extended, with parents able to claim it for the first time.

A grand jury decides not to charge a Missouri police officer over the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, prompting anger on the streets.

Former cabinet minister David Mellor has been secretly recorded having a heated row with a taxi driver about the quickest route to take, a tabloid newspaper reports.

In its first year, a free 24-hour UK helpline for the elderly has been inundated with calls about loneliness.