An independent inquiry has found "unacceptable racism and discrimination" is affecting patient safety.

The Home Office will be given powers to recover costs from adults who have received asylum support under new laws.

As parts of Europe continue to swelter in record temperatures, higher temperatures could develop again across the UK later this week, as Simon King explains.

A 55-year-old law means the government has no legal powers to remove Shabir Ahmed from the UK.

Jean Hanlon was found dead in the water off the coast of Heraklion 17 years ago.

The undersea links between some of the UK's most northerly islands could be in place within eight years.