UKIP leader Nigel Farage admits to being "in a great deal of pain" at the start of the general election campaign.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he would not join a government dependent on "life support" from the SNP after the general election.

A leading Pakistani activist is shot dead, and her mother left seriously injured, after leaving a seminar on torture in Karachi.

Leading English hospitals saw income from private patients rise by more than half since 2010, Labour has claimed.

Australia and New Zealand prepare for ceremonies in Turkey in honour of soldiers who fought at Gallipoli 100 years ago.

A 73-year-old man, understood to be a former soldier, is charged with the attempted murder of a man who was shot dead by the Army in Northern Ireland more than 40 years ago.

A recent incident at the Yarl's Wood detention centre has given HM Inspectorate of Prisons "considerable concern", the BBC learns.

Islamic State appears to have released a promotional video for its own health service featuring NHS-style branding and an Australian doctor.