Annual house price falls hit double digits during August for the first time in nearly two decades, figures showed.

A Bank of England rate-setter has hit out at the "misguided" inflation fears of his colleagues and called for big rate cuts to avoid a prolonged slump.

A self-taught gunsmith who converted replica weapons into working machine guns used in a series of gangland murders has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 11 years.

Search teams hope to enter the fire-ravaged home of a millionaire and his family shortly.

A computer expert who hacked into top secret US military networks has lost his last-ditch legal appeal and will be extradited to the US in the next two weeks.

The Metropolitan Police has issued a sharp rebuke to one of its most senior officers who is accusing the force of race discrimination.

The number of people dying who were suffering from C difficile has risen by 28% in England and Wales, new figures reveal.

The Armed Forces are facing a shortfall of almost 6,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen, according to official Ministry of Defence figures.

The jury in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets has been given a majority instruction.

Hundreds of staff at the conciliation service Acas have voted to go on strike in a dispute over pay.

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