There should be a freeze on the appointment of new peers until the House of Lords has been reformed, Labour leadership contender Yvette Cooper says.

Party buses, limousines and rickshaw drivers should be vetted and governed by the same rules as London black cab drivers, councils say.

Recruitment tests to join the SAS have been "softened" in response to the deaths of three reservists during a selection march, a newspaper has claimed.

Development of a universal flu vaccine and a home testing kit for lung infections are among 12 projects winning backing from a £18m fund for medical innovation.

Three people die after a train hits a car on a level crossing in the Normandy region of France.

The Panama Canal says it will temporarily cut the size of ships allowed through because drought caused by El Nino has lowered water levels.

Powerful Typhoon Soudelor batters Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead.

Not enough is being done to help small farmers to stay in business, the Prince of Wales says on a trip to Transylvania to launch a rural community project.