"Dozens" of UK families have contacted police in a bid to stop their relatives travelling to Syria, Scotland Yard's head of counter-terrorism says.

A blind woman is left "horrified" after staff at Tesco shout at her to get her guide dog out of the store and "never come back".

Turkey fails to gain a seat on the United Nations Security Council, with members voting in favour of Spain and New Zealand instead.

The government is criticised for not increasing efforts to tackle housing benefit fraud "sooner" - but it insists things are improving.

Signs warning shoppers how much exercise they need to do to burn off the sugar in fizzy drinks could be a useful tool in the fight against obesity, research suggests.

Scientists have found hidden signatures in the brains of people in a vegetative state which suggest they might be conscious.

Police in Hong Kong launch a dawn operation to clear a pro-democracy protest site in the Mong Kok area of the city.

Internet giant Google reports third-quarter profits of $2.8bn, down 5% from the same period a year earlier, sending shares lower in after-hours trading.