The EU's drive towards an "ever-closer union" is causing "strains" in the UK's relationship with other European countries, Chancellor George Osborne will say on a visit to Germany.

The education secretary is to review tests at the age of seven and will announce a National Teaching Service to supply staff for struggling schools.

One person is taken to hospital after a tanker crashes into the central reservation on the M4 in Cardiff.

Brain training - playing online games that challenge memory and reasoning - is beneficial for the over-50s, a large scale study concludes.

The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline asks the US government to put its review of the controversial project on hold.

Downing Street dismisses claims that David Cameron has abandoned plans for a Commons vote on air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria.

The US says it plans to return to contested areas of the South China Sea, with a top commander saying it has conducted such operations "for decades".

Professional footballers have worryingly poor teeth that could be affecting their performance on the pitch, say dentists.