Better funding and more time with patients are needed to improve services, according to a survey of GPs by the British Medical Association.

Short people are at greater risk of developing heart problems, a study at the University of Leicester finds.

US President Barack Obama has condemned psychiatric therapies designed to "repair" gay, lesbian and transgender youth.

The first new design of electricity pylon in almost 90 years has been erected at a test site in Nottinghamshire.

Ed Miliband says Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has "demeaned himself and... his office" by calling the Labour leader a backstabber.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that there is "no guarantee" of a final deal with world powers on its nuclear programme.

There was no sign of forced entry to the building in Hatton Garden where burglars emptied up to 70 safe deposit boxes, say police.

Easyjet cancels hundreds of flights as a strike by French air traffic controllers continues.