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.

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.

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

A judge in Argentina orders the body of 1950s F1 legend, Juan Manuel Fangio, exhumed to try to resolve two paternity cases.

Physicists unveil a raft of new findings about neutrinos bombarding the Earth from above, below - and within.

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

Delayed airline passengers are potentially missing out on millions of pounds of compensation, according to an investigation by consumer group Which?.

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