A meteor has been sighted above Britain in the early hours with witnesses describing seeing a green flash.

A man who beheaded his wife at a house in St Neots is detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.

The government is heavily defeated in the House of Lords over trade union reforms that Labour fears will cost it millions of pounds in funding.

MK Dons midfielder Samir Carruthers and Northampton Town striker James Collins apologise after being photographed apparently urinating into a glass at Cheltenham Festival.

Cliff Michelmore, a familiar figure in BBC radio and TV broadcasting since the 1940s, dies aged 96

Dog owners convicted under the Dangerous Dogs Act will face harsher punishments under new sentencing guidelines in England and Wales.

People who cycle, walk or catch the train or bus to work keep more weight off than commuters who travel by car, a large UK study has found.

Stimulating the brain with electrical current can help improve recovery after a stroke, research from the University of Oxford suggests.