David Cameron and Barack Obama could tighten sanctions against Syria to increase the pressure on president Bashar Assad, Downing Street has said.
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Religion must be given a greater role in public life to push back a wave of "intolerant secularisation", a Cabinet minister will argue during an official visit to the Vatican.
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Whitney Houston was underwater and apparently unconscious when she was pulled from a Beverly Hills hotel bath - and she had prescription drugs in her room, authorities have said.
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Banning smoking in public places also leads to cuts in the amount people smoke at home, research suggests.
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Unemployment could be as high as 6.3 million in the UK if a different counting measure was used, highlighting the true scale of joblessness, according to a new report.
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Single parents who commit benefit fraud by secretly living with someone as husband and wife are to face "tough" new sanctions, the Government has announced.
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Hollywood actor Sean Penn has weighed into the Falklands dispute amid growing tension between Britain and Argentina.
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Banning smoking in public places also leads to cuts in the amount people who smoke at home, research suggests.
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Action will be taken to reduce the £2 billion-a-year cost of insurance claims for whiplash to help deal with the UK's "compensation culture", David Cameron will say.
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Britain's AAA credit rating has been put on a "negative outlook" by ratings agency Moody's amid fears over weaker growth prospects and potential shocks from the eurozone crisis.
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Unemployment could be as high as 6.3 million in the UK if a different counting measure was used, highlighting the true scale of joblessness, according to a new report.
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Some prescription medicines were found in the hotel room where Whitney Houston died but not in large quantities, an official has said.
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A radical cleric who poses a serious risk to the UK's national security has been freed on bail under some of the toughest conditions imposed since the September 11 terror attacks, sources have said.
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Singer Whitney Houston was pulled from the bath by members of her entourage after she was found submerged under water, police have said.
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Hollywood actor Sean Penn is taking Argentina's side in the Falklands dispute.
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Scottish football giant Rangers has said it intends to enter administration as the club admitted it could be facing a tax bill of "substantially more than £50 million".
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Whitney Houston was under water and apparently unconscious when she was found in a hotel bathtub, Beverly Hills police have said.
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Scotland Yard has defended its handling of the inquiries into hacking and corrupt payments by journalists amid heavy criticism, insisting the operations were not "in any way disproportionate".
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A radical cleric who poses a serious risk to the UK's national security will be freed on bail under some of the toughest conditions imposed since the September 11 terror attacks.
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A teacher who was sacked after she wrote a racy novel featuring some of her pupils has said it is "wonderful news" that she will not have to face a hearing of the General Teaching Council (GTC).
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President Barack Obama's next planned budget will hit America's wealthy with higher taxes to help cut 4 trillion dollars from the country's deficit over the next 10 years.
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British courts are best placed to understand British problems and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) was never intended to be an appeal court for routine cases, the Justice Secretary will say.
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Britain's most controversial police chief has been returned to jail after being found guilty of corruption for a second time.
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Greece faces further hurdles and delays before it gets its second 130 billion euro (£109 billion) bailout in spite of parliament agreeing further cuts in the face of violent protests.
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A deaf and mute girl allegedly kept in a cellar, repeatedly raped and treated as a virtual slave has told a court of years of beatings and cruelty.
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Rangers Football Club has lodged legal papers signalling its intention to enter administration.
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Britain's most controversial police chief faces a return to jail after being found guilty of corruption for a second time.
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The Government may face a legal challenge to its £33 billion HS2 high-speed rail project.
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One of the doctors struck off over the MMR jab controversy has asked the High Court to rule his treatment "unfair and unjust".
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Downing Street has dismissed suggestions that Health Secretary Andrew Lansley should be sacked and insisted ministers were "fully behind" his NHS reforms.
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A man whose dog bit off part of a six-year-old girl's ear has been given a 12-week suspended jail term.
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The Metropolitan Police has launched a counter-terror campaign urging people to report suspicious behaviour by calling a dedicated hotline.
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The Sun's associate editor has accused police of treating the paper's journalists like "members of an organised crime gang" after five senior staff were arrested over allegations of improper payments to police and public officials on Saturday.
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has appealed to businesses to sign up to the coalition's drive to tackle youth unemployment.
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Lending by Britain's top five banks shrank every quarter last year - an embarrassing blow to the Chancellor's Project Merlin agreement.
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Restarting the hearts of people who have recently died should be one of the options considered for boosting the number of organ donors, according to a new report.
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A retired British businessman will be extradited to the United States within 10 days after failing in his latest attempt to block the move, his lawyer said.
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Lending by Britain's top five banks shrank every quarter last year, official figures have revealed, in an embarrassing blow to the Chancellor's Project Merlin agreement.
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Ignorance can be an excuse for using racist terminology, former Liverpool footballer John Barnes said as he defended Luis Suarez.
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A radical cleric described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe will be banned from taking his youngest child to school when he is released from prison, sources said.
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Elected police commissioners should be able to interfere in force operations, Lord Prescott said as he explained why he was standing for the role.
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The way in which organs are donated and who donates them should be examined in a bid to improve donation rates and ultimately save lives, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).
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Plans to send a joint United Nations and Arab League peacekeeping force into Syria must be discussed "urgently", Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.
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IPakistan's Supreme Court has charged the prime minister with contempt for defying its orders to reopen a corruption case against his political ally, President Asif Ali Zardari.
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Silent film The Artist made a big noise at the Bafta film awards winning seven awards including Best Film, Leading Actor and Best Director.
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British star Adele marked her long-awaited comeback with a record six gongs at The Grammy Awards on a night overshadowed by the death of fabled singer Whitney Houston.
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The coalition is braced for another buffeting over its NHS reforms, with health secretary Andrew Lansley's future still hanging in the balance.
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Songstress Adele and the late Amy Winehouse led an early British charge at this year's sombre Grammy Awards, which have been dampened by the shock death of singing star Whitney Houston.
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Alex Salmond and the Scottish Secretary are to meet for talks about the independence referendum.
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Songstress Adele and the late Amy Winehouse led an early British charge at this year's sombre Grammy Awards, which have been dampened by the shock death of singing star Whitney Houston.
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Job prospects are set to worsen in the coming months as firms make workers redundant, with unemployment sliding closer to the three million mark, according to a new report.
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A leading business body has slashed the UK's growth forecasts again but believes the economy will narrowly avoid another recession.
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The decline in NHS productivity, one of the reasons cited to justify the Government's controversial health reforms, is "a myth", it has been claimed.
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Immigration officers have prevented 70 sham marriages from taking place in just one month at a busy city centre register office.
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The Grammys got under way, with the Recording Academy trying to focus on music's biggest night after of the death of one of music's biggest names - Whitney Houston.
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The coalition has launched a review of public sector bonuses amid anger over payouts at bodies such as Royal Bank of Scotland.
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The Grammys got under way, with the Recording Academy trying to focus on music's biggest night after of the death of one of music's biggest names - Whitney Houston.
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Greece's parliament has approved an austerity and debt-relief bill, crucial for the country to avoid bankruptcy and remain in the eurozone.
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Silent film The Artist has made a big noise at the Bafta film awards winning seven awards including Best Film, Leading Actor and Best Director.
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The solicitor representing the family of Milly Dowler as well as other alleged victims of phone hacking is taking his battle against Rupert Murdoch to America, it has emerged.
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The Bafta film awards have begun with a bang with Sir Tom Jones belting out the theme to the James Bond film Thunderball - more than 40 years after he first recorded the song - to mark half-a-century of the superspy's cinema adventures.
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A Brazilian airliner has made a safe forced landing after a passenger had a "psychotic attack," entered the cockpit and assaulted a pilot, crew members and passengers who tried to subdue him.
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Rioting has spread across central Athens and buildings have gone up in flames amid mass protests as MPs prepare to vote on a crucial debt deal needed to prevent bankruptcy.
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Underwater pumping operations have got under way to remove some of the 500,000 gallons of fuel aboard the Costa Concordia, nearly a month after the cruise ship ran aground off Tuscany.
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The charts are being graced with musical greatness after two legends soared into the top three of both singles and album listings.
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Some of Hollywood's biggest names are in town for the Bafta film awards.
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The cold snap may have come to an end on Sunday - but emergency services continue to warn of the dangers of icy conditions.
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The Arab League will call for the UN Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria, the latest effort by the regional group to end the 11-month old crisis that has killed more than 5,000 people.
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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that football must not return to the "bad old days" following high-profile racism rows.
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David Cameron's efforts to close down speculation over the future of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley have suffered a setback when a senior Liberal Democrat urged his removal.
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Greek MPs have begun debating legislation introducing severe austerity measures necessary for the country to secure a 130 billion euro (£109 billion) bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund and stave off bankruptcy.
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Bosses at BAE Systems are set to be rewarded with multimillion-pound bonuses, it has been reported, amid fears for the future of its Portsmouth shipyard and the failure of its Eurofighter consortium to land a large contract to supply fighter jets to India.
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Transport staff will hold protests across the UK this week over plans to close dozens of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency offices.
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The FA was right to strip John Terry of the England captaincy, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said as he accused Luis Suarez of "unsporting behaviour" by failing to shake Patrice Evra's hand.
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The death of singing legend Whitney Houston has prompted a worldwide outpouring of grief, with tributes paid by some of the biggest names in the music industry.
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Bankers from the Royal Bank of Scotland have been arrested as part of an ongoing probe into an alleged tax fraud.
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A man is believed to have become Britain's first "male mother" by giving birth despite his sex change operation.
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David Cameron's efforts to quash speculation over the survival of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley have suffered a setback after a senior Liberal Democrat demanded his removal.
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There is public "consensus" the Press needs a tougher regulatory system independent of politicians, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
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The death of singing legend Whitney Houston has prompted a worldwide outpouring of grief, with tributes paid by some of the biggest names in the music industry.
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Arab League officials say the 22-member group is considering reviving its suspended observer mission in Syria, expanding it to include monitors from non-Arab, Muslim nations and maybe involvement by the United Nations.
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Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced, providing his campaign for the party's presidential nomination a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week.
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Tributes have been pouring in for American singer and actress Whitney Houston, who has died at the age of 48.
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The end of the cold snap is in sight, with the mercury finally rising slightly after several days of record-breaking sub-zero temperatures, according to forecasters.
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The champagne is on ice and the red carpet is being rolled out as some of the biggest names in Hollywood gather for the Bafta film awards.
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Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48.
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Mitt Romney has won the Maine caucuses by a slim margin, giving him a much needed boost following losses in three other contests in the past week, Maine Republican Party chairman Charlie Webster said.
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Alex Salmond has again insisted that plans for an independence referendum must have "no strings attached" from Westminster.
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The Government must overhaul the "closed shop" energy market by embracing community schemes, according to a new report.
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David Cameron has sought to quash speculation over the survival of health secretary Andrew Lansley and his controversial NHS shake-up.
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David Cameron is expected to step into the row over racism in football by staging a Downing Street summit on the issue.
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George Osborne has infuriated Tory MPs by reportedly ruling out tax breaks for married couples in the Budget.
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Rupert Murdoch is expected to fly to London next week after reassuring staff he would not sell The Sun in the wake of a second wave of arrests at the newspaper.
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A man has been charged with murder after another man was stabbed to death on, police said.
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Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in London in a show of solidarity with protesters across the Middle East and North Africa.
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Six people arrested as part of an investigation into allegations of corruption have been released on bail, Scotland Yard said.
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A 52-year-old journalist from The Sun who was arrested as part of an investigation into allegations of corruption has been released on bail, Scotland Yard said.
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Temperatures struggled to rise above freezing across much of the UK after Britain endured its coldest night of the winter.
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Rupert Murdoch has reassured staff of his "total commitment" to continue to own and publish The Sun after five members of staff were arrested.
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Thousands of copies of a Manchester United fanzine, which featured a "potentially offensive image", were seized by police before the club's match against Liverpool.
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