Downton Abbey was the most watched programme over the festive season, overtaking EastEnders, confirmed viewing reveal.

A man who killed three women then turned the gun on himself did so following an argument at his County Durham home, police say.

University application numbers, hit by higher tuition fees, could be making a sharp recovery - according to figures from a university.

Human remains found in woodland on the royal Sandringham Estate are of a young woman and had been at the site for up to four months, tests reveal.

Liverpool will not appeal against Luis Suarez's eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

Four people are killed and at least five injured in a firefight in the centre of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as militiamen tried to free prisoners held there.