Fuel tanker drivers could take industrial action later this year over job and pay cuts, a union has warned. 

A scheme which allows parents to check if someone has a history of child sex offences is to be extended to eight more police forces in England. 

One million people remain affected by monsoon flooding in north-west Pakistan, as fears grow that flooding could spread south. 

Pakistan's president is due in Europe later for a trip that will take in the UK, amid tensions over David Cameron's comments about terrorism. 

Babies born this weekend will be last in the UK to receive the full payment to Child Trust Funds, as the scheme's phasing out begins. 

Babies born this weekend will be last in the UK to receive the full payment to Child Trust Funds, as the scheme's phasing out begins.