Poor children in the university cities of Oxford and Cambridge have less chance of good grades than those in London's most deprived boroughs, says a report.

A shoot-out and stabbing involving two rival motorcycle gangs leave one person dead and another seven injured in the US state of Colorado.

Briton's Andy Murray bids to win the Australian Open final at the fifth attempt later against Novak Djokovic, who has beaten him in three previous finals.

An independent review is to be carried out of the way drugs are assessed for use on the NHS in Scotland.

David Cameron asks a Labour MP to examine why black offenders are more likely to be jailed than white offenders in English and Welsh courts.

David Cameron will put forward changes to a proposed "emergency brake" on in-work benefits for EU migrants when he meets a senior EU official later.

At least 10 witnesses have come forward alleging sexual exploitation at an army barracks where a teenage recruit was found dead 20 years ago, it is claimed.

More than 10,000 migrant children may have disappeared after arriving in Europe, raising fears of sexual exploitation, the EU's police unit says.