Greece is to begin returning migrants to Turkey under an EU deal, despite fears over a lack of preparations and criticism from campaigners.

Too much of teachers' time is taken up by mind-numbingly useless bureaucracy, a union leader has argued.

Arrests for cannabis possession in England and Wales have dropped by 46% since 2010, figures obtained by BBC Breakfast suggest.

A previously unseen video of one of Britain's most infamous double agents, Kim Philby, describing his career as a Soviet spy is uncovered by BBC.

The leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group Ansaru, Khalid al-Barnawi, has been arrested in Nigeria, authorities there say.

A Glasgow logistics group agrees to pay more than £2m after it uncovered illegal bribery operations in its own organisation.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde dismisses reports that the body is trying to push Greece towards default as "simply nonsense".

From Monday homeowners living in high flood-risk areas of the UK should be able to save hundreds of pounds on their insurance premiums