The Metropolitan Police will consider new evidence about allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World.

Severe disruption is expected on London’s Underground network when the first in a series of strikes begins later.

The number of foreign students let into the UK is “unsustainable”, minister Damian Green will say in his first major speech on immigration.

The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales says taxpayers should help fund the Pope’s visit because it is an official state event.

Former head of the Army Gen Sir Richard Dannatt accuses Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.

HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.

Nine people, including one Briton, are killed when a light aircraft crashes after taking off from Fox Glacier in New Zealand, say reports.

Downing Street’s head of communications, Andy Coulson, is safe in his job despite phone hacking claims surrounding the News of the World newspaper, says a senior government source.

Three Pakistan cricketers accused of corruption are set to be questioned again by police, after being charged and provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council.

Three Pakistan cricketers accused of corruption are set to be questioned again by police, after being charged and provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council.

England’s first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.

England’s first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir arrives at the Old Bailey for his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir arrives at the Old Bailey for his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.