Lance Armstrong says the time is coming when he should be forgiven, and tells the BBC he would do it again under the same circumstances.

A committee of MPs has called for a moratorium on shale gas fracking on the grounds that it could derail efforts to tackle climate change.

Drivers claimed more than £3m compensation for pothole damage in Britain last year, a survey by the RAC Foundation suggests.

The popularity of cosmetic surgery in the UK has plummeted in 2014, figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons show.

Over a third of children in care who have siblings are having to live apart from any of them, suggests research by a children's charity.

The Church of England will consecrate its first female bishop, Reverend Libby Lane, in a ceremony at York Minster later.

A health campaign is urging people not to ignore heartburn, because it could be a sign of stomach or oesophageal cancer.

Anti-austerity Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras vows to end Greece's "five years of humiliation and pain" after winning the general election.