The age of criminal responsibility will stay at 10, the government says, after a senior adviser for England calls for it to be raised.

The Afghan president agrees to let two foreigners sit on a key election monitoring body, reversing a previous decision.

The Lib Dems would not support a government which proposes major spending cuts within the next year, leader Nick Clegg says.

Pop star Mark Owen checks into rehab after admitting to a drink problem and cheating on his partner, a spokesman confirms.

Two teenagers are arrested by police hunting the killer of a man stabbed to death after chasing handbag-snatchers.

Partial results for Iraq's elections show PM Nouri Maliki's coalition ahead in the crucial area of Baghdad, officials say.

An 18-year-old appears in court charged with the harassment of a man who collapsed in the garden of his Greater Manchester home.

The EU is putting the finishing touches to a multi-billion euro bail-out for Greece after weeks of crisis, senior officials tell the BBC.