A staggering £1.1bn of unpaid tax could have been collected if jobs were not cut at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), according to a public spending watchdog.

A goalkeeper jailed for killing two young boys in a car crash while drink-driving has been offered the chance to restart his career after he is released from prison.

Scotland is set to become the first part of the UK to approve plans for minimum pricing for alcohol.

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's interactions with Rupert Murdoch's media empire are to come under the spotlight when his former special adviser and a News Corporation lobbyist appear at the Leveson Inquiry.

A Scotland Yard anti-corruption detective and three ex-officers with the force are being investigated in connection with a suspected bribery scam.

Hewlett Packard has warned of cuts in its UK operation in a global purge that will see it axe 27,000 workers.

A teenage girl who survived after being shot by Anders Behring Breivik has told of how a friend saved her life by throwing himself in front of her as the Norwegian mass killer sprayed bullets indiscriminately.

A US drone strike on a militant compound killed five insurgents in northwest Pakistan's lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.

Syrian forces tried to storm the rebel bastion of Rastan under cover of gunfire and shelling, reports said, as Damascus admitted sanctions were biting and the head of the main opposition bloc resigned.