The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive in New York at the start of a three-day visit to the United States.

A 28-year-old man has been charged by the Met Police's counter-terrorism unit over alleged fraud offences, the force says.

An income squeeze, benefit delays and high utility bills are blamed by a cross-party committee of MPs for a rise in hunger in the UK.

New schools, care homes and hospitals should be built far away from major roads because of the dangers of air pollution, a report by MPs says.

Extra training to improve maths and science teaching and a college for digital skills are set to be announced by Prime Minister David Cameron.

Scientists set out the detailed scientific goals of a proposed UK-led mission to the Moon, including research into the feasibility of a human base there.

Six prisoners who spent 12 years at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre arrive in Uruguay after being released by the United States.

Senior Conservative and Lib Dem ministers criticise each other amid suggestions of widening divisions in the coalition government.