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Nearly 6,000 people made bogus compensation claims for payment protection insurance mis-selling to the Financial Ombudsman last year, as total complaints rose.

A passenger express train collides with a goods train in India's Andhra Pradesh state, killing at least 15 people.

A gas explosion injures six people, including three police officers, on Tyneside.

The US Senate approves a bill to tighten sanctions against Iran in a bid to force Tehran to abandon its nuclear programme.

The Ministry of Defence awards £350m contracts for the next generation of nuclear-armed submarines to BAE Systems, Babcock and Rolls-Royce.

The government will publish an annual "snapshot" of social mobility, measuring educational achievement, access to professions and birth weights.

The foundation of late US President Ronald Reagan expresses outrage after a vial said to have held a sample of his blood is offered for auction.

Downing Street dismisses a suggestion it "doctored" an independent report on possible changes to employment law to avoid political embarrassment.

The government announces new plans to tackle anti-social behaviour in England and Wales, including orders to replace Asbos.

Vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in US military equipment, a key Senate committee investigation finds.

Qantas says it will split its international and domestic operations into two separate divisions to help restructure its business.

How Queen Victoria and the British Empire were celebrated

An Ofsted report criticises maths teaching and warns over early entry to maths GCSE.

Have new methods left parents out in the cold?

Creeping rationing of NHS care is making patients suffer unnecessarily, doctors are warning.

Women in their early 40s should be given access to IVF on the NHS, draft guidelines for England and Wales recommend.

A third of malaria drugs used around the world to stem the spread of the disease are counterfeit, research reveals.

Policy makers should drop the word "drought" as a blanket term and move to a sliding scale to describe dry conditions, the Environment Agency says.

Are we facing the end of new drug discovery?

A summit is being held to help Scottish businesses guard against the growing threat of cyber criminals.