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Local authorities in England are to be issued scorecards, under new government plans, to measure how quickly they place children with adoptive parents.

The city of St Louis, Missouri, remains one of the most segregated cities in the US. But one street in particular has been known to residents as the "dividing line".

A growing number of primary schools will have 1,000 pupils or more - as extra classes are added to cope with a rapid increase in the birth rate.

Shisha cafes in the UK are moving underground to avoid smoke-free legislation.

The International Criminal Court is set to deliver its first ever verdict, in the case of DR Congo's Thomas Lubanga. accused of using child soldiers.

Care homes in England are increasingly struggling to meet the medical needs of their residents, research by the Royal College of Nursing suggests.

Poor hospital care poses a risk to the lives of many patients in the developing world, according to international researchers.

David Cameron says he would be moving "quite a lot faster" on the creation of a UK Bill of Rights if he was not in a coalition government.

Human Rights Watch has accused Syria of laying landmines near its borders with Lebanon and Turkey, along routes used by refugees fleeing the country.

If there is military intervention - what might it be?

Latest retail figures for February were "less bad" than the previous months but suggest shoppers are sticking to essentials.

Technology will make UK e-borders "genuinely secure, fluid and complete" over the next few years, Immigration Minister Damian Green will say.

The number of incidents involving the poisoning of birds of prey fell by more than half in Scotland last year.

Ex-beauty queen champions Afghan legal change

What next year's changes will mean for your budget

How the pineapple will be used to calculate the cost of living

Can the precious metal calm financial markets?

Households owed smaller amounts in 2011 than the previous year but faced a "tide" of difficulties in paying back these debts, a report suggests.

Detainees in Syria's prisons are routinely and systematically tortured in what amounts to crimes against humanity, says Amnesty International.

Campaigners are fighting to save a theme-pub called 'The Hobbit', which its landlady claims has been threatened with legal action by US movie lawyers.