Volkswagen is the target of several US investigations including reportedly a criminal probe by the Department of Justice.

Eighteen people are hurt, five seriously, when a bus crashes with a low-loader lorry carrying a steam engine in Essex.

George Osborne sets out an aim of making China the UK's second largest trading partner by 2025, as he makes a controversial visit to a remote Chinese region.

The body regulating charity fund-raising should be scrapped and replaced with a more powerful regulator, a review suggests, amid concerns about aggressive tactics.

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron unveils plans he claims would solve England's housing crisis, ahead of his big party conference speech.

Europe's migration crisis "plays directly" into some of the issues the UK is trying to renegotiate in its EU reform talks, the foreign secretary says.

The copyright to "Happy Birthday To You" is ruled invalid by a US judge, meaning an end to royalty payments for public performances of the song.

More than 700,000 women and girls are being held in prisons around the world, a report suggests, a 50% rise since 2000.