Children in South Yorkshire care homes were left vulnerable to sexual abuse because of police "shortcomings", a report finds.

The number of people trafficked for slavery or other exploitation in the UK has risen sharply to more than 2,700, the National Crime Agency says.

The global loss of species is even worse than previously thought, with wildlife populations halving in just 40 years, a report says.

A boy with irreversible brain damage should be taken off a life-support machine despite the objections of his parents, a High Court judge rules.

Britain will not be "panicked" into dropping bombs in Iraq, foreign secretary Philip Hammond says, as RAF jets return without firing weapons.

A man arrested for breaking into the White House earlier this month gained access to more of the building than previously believed, US media report.

A US judge rules that Argentina is in contempt of court for refusing to obey an order to repay the debt it owes to two US hedge funds.

More than one in 10 three-year-olds have tooth decay, the first survey of the age group shows.