A woman calling for an inquiry into her son's death in 1997 says she has been told she was spied on by undercover police officers.

Former Labour cabinet member Frank Dobson announces he will stand down as an MP at the general election next year.

The Queen will formally open the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in front of a 40,000 crowd at Celtic Park.

The UK is still exporting millions of pounds worth of arms and other military equipment to Russia., despite concerns over its links to separatist rebels, say MPs.

The first bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine are due to be flown to the Netherlands for identification.

A suicide car bomb has killed at least 21 people at a police checkpoint in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district, Iraqi police say.

Judges will decide whether paedophile rock star Ian Watkins can appeal against the length of his jail term for child sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby.

Ethnic minority students are less likely to receive offers from UK universities than their white British peers, research suggests.