A man and a woman have died as rain and winds of up to 87mph sweep the country disrupting the Christmas getaway and leaving more than 6,000 without power.
The chairman of the NHS watchdog has sparked a political row after saying the health service has become “too powerful to criticise”.
An artificial heart that can give patients up to five years of extra life has been successfully implanted for the first time.
The Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey has been closed for the day after a fire started at a restaurant near a zoo.
Nasa astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins have completed the first of three emergency spacewalks to replace a broken cooling pump at the International Space Station.
Glasgow’s comedians are lining up to raise a laugh for victims of the Clutha Pub tragedy.
A bus has crashed into a tree in south London, injuring 32 passengers, seven of them seriously, say police.