Retail sales jumped 5.2% in April thanks to the warm weather and the back-to-back long weekends, a survey suggests.

Maxi Rodriguez scores his second hat-trick in three games as a rampant Liverpool crush Fulham to boost their hopes of reaching the Europa League.

London Underground (LU) and an industrial union are at loggerheads over six planned Tube strikes.

The Palace of Westminster could host wedding receptions under plans to cut Parliament's subsidised catering bill.

Afghan forces taking over responsibility for security from Nato troops too soon could lead to more human rights violations, a leading charity warns.

The Daily Telegraph's decision to secretly tape Liberal Democrat MPs breached press rules against "subterfuge", a media watchdog says.

Children who are breastfed for four months or more go on to develop fewer behaviour problems, researchers at Oxford University say.

The southern US city of Memphis is coping with flood levels not seen since the 1930s, which have forced people from at least 1,300 homes.