Nearly half a million older and disabled people who would have received social care five years ago have been cut completely out of the system.
Showers and blustery gales are on the cards for most of the country as Britons sit down to their Christmas dinner next week.
New polymer banknotes to be introduced, beginning with Sir Winston Churchill £5 note in 2016.
More than 180 teachers, social workers and other council staff were sacked last year after being judged to be a risk to children.
Schools where behaviour is a problem will be subjected to spot checks by inspectors for the first time in a bid to drive up education standards, the Ofsted chief inspector has said.
A soldier injured in battle said he is determined to make a success of his new life with a bionic arm he can control with his thoughts.
More than 1.5 million British pensioners are now living in food poverty and the situation is set to worsen this winter, according to new research.
Migrants who cannot speak English well enough to get a job face being denied benefits under a new tougher test, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said.
Police have warned that the number of people killed when a police helicopter crashed into a busy Glasgow pub will rise in the “coming hours” after confirming one death.
A technical problem at an air traffic control centre has led to delays and cancellations at major airports, including London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted.
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