Mosquitoes could bring diseases such as dengue fever and West Nile virus to the UK within the next few decades, disease experts are warning.

Fraud in the licensing of security guards potentially working in some of the UK's most sensitive sites is exposed by a BBC investigation.

Crowds gather to view the coffin of Richard III, which is on public view at Leicester Cathedral.

UKIP says it is committed to spending 2% of the UK's GDP on defence, to be funded partly by cutting the foreign aid budget.

Ed Miliband dismisses Alex Salmond's claims the SNP could influence a Labour Budget if his party holds the balance of power in the event of a Hung Parliament.

The UK will no longer tolerate the behaviour of Islamist extremists who "reject our values", Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

A slaughterhouse owner who sold horses for meat but failed to keep proper records to show who bought them is fined £8,000 plus costs.

Afzal Amin resigns as Conservative candidate in Dudley North over claims he plotted with the English Defence League, a party spokesman confirms.