Too many patients are dying following emergency bowel surgery, experts who have done a comprehensive audit warn.

Hundreds of schools are being told to raise their exam results, under plans announced by the education secretary.

An inquest is under way in Malaysia into the death of a backpacker whose body was found eight days after he was believed to have gone on a jungle trek.

Four British tourists seriously injured in the Tunisian beach attack have been flown back to the UK by the RAF.

A passenger on a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train sets himself on fire, say officials, leaving at least eight people injured.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras urges voters to reject creditors' demands in Sunday's referendum on its debt crisis, as the country's bailout is set to expire.

Police officers, soldiers, emergency services and intelligence officials are taking part in London's largest counter-terrorism exercise to date.

Thousands of ferry passengers are stranded on both sides of the Channel as port workers in Calais stage fresh strike action.