HM Revenue and Customs should "fully investigate" Google after information from whistleblowers "undermined" the firm's defence of its tax arrangements, MPs say.

Doctors in England and Wales see a four-fold increase in the number of children and teenagers admitted to hospital for conditions linked to obesity.

The number of people participating in sport at least once a week falls by 200,000, according to Sport England.

The British fashion group, Mulberry, reports a fall in profits and says it needs to increase awareness in Asia and the US.

Double police killer Dale Cregan is cleared of a final charge of attempted murder at the conclusion of a 12-week trial involving nine other men.

Labour MPs have been urged to stay away from a vote next month over Conservative plans for an in-out referendum on the EU in 2017.

Diplomatic efforts will be intensified amid reports that the Syrian regime is planning new assaults on opposition forces, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says.

UK and US citizens should be confident their intelligence agencies operate within the law, the foreign secretary says after talks in Washington with his American counterpart John Kerry.