Labour peer Baroness Uddin is set to be allowed back into the House of Lords without repaying the £125,000 owed for wrongly-claimed expenses.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond tells MPs ground-to-air missiles will be used to protect the Olympics in London if deemed operationally necessary.

The Leveson inquiry, launched in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, hears details suggesting other papers took part in the illegal practice.

Labour would consider reclaiming powers from Europe, the shadow foreign secretary says, while stressing there are more urgent priorities.

The family of a vulnerable woman who was tortured before being killed criticise a report which concluded that her death could not have been prevented.

Emergency services are tackling a leak from a pipe linked to an oil handling facility on the Firth of Forth.

Violent clashes take place in the Polish capital Warsaw as police battle to keep apart rival marchers on the country's Independence Day.

Senior servants have voted to join industrial action to protest against changes to public sector pensions.