A British soldier has been killed by an individual wearing an Afghan army uniform, the Ministry of Defence says.

Executives from Starbucks, Google and Amazon, which have all been accused of tax avoidance, are due to give evidence before Parliament.

The decision to pay a year's salary to George Entwistle, who quit as BBC director general on Saturday, is criticised by senior MPs.

Chelsea captain John Terry will have a scan on suspected knee ligament damage on Monday to discover the extent of his injury.

A draft copy of the new secondary curriculum for England, leaked to the Times Educational Supplement, has drawn criticism from experts.

A-level exams will be taken only in the summer and there will be a cap on resits, England's exams watchdog has announced.

The number of women living with lung cancer in the UK is set to rise significantly faster than the number of men with the disease over the next 30 years, experts say.

A "chemo-bath" which delivers toxic cancer drugs to just one organ in the body has been used on patients in the UK for the first time, say doctors.