The plans are subject to a 12-week public consultation which starts on Friday.

Rain plus the political environment is creating a "powerful psychological need for escape", travel agents say.

This weekend should see the weather turn markedly colder, as Helen Willetts explains.

Ten people linked to six deaths at a hostel in Laos are given suspended sentences and fines.

Three judges rule against the Home Office in a massive blow to the government, but say the ban must remain until a further hearing.

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein arranged for guns to be smuggled into the UK in a bid to target a march.

Campaigners claimed the guidance for employers, such as hospitals, shops and restaurants, was "legally flawed" and "overly simplistic".

Scientists have discovered how to make people less selfish - slightly and temporarily - by stimulating two areas of the brain.