Nato members prepare to meet in Portugal for one of the most crucial summits of the alliance’s history – with Afghanistan topping the agenda.

Conservative enterprise adviser Lord Young apologises for saying most Britons have “never had it so good” despite the “so called recession”.

A Wiltshire policeman convicted of assaulting a woman in custody after being filmed on CCTV throwing her to the floor is cleared on appeal.

Speculation over the venue and date of Prince William’s wedding intensifies after Kate Middleton visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday.

A passenger train overshot its intended station in East Sussex by almost two-and-a-half miles, it emerges.

Astronomers claim to have discovered the first planet originating from outside our own galaxy, the Milky Way.

Anti-terrorism police and bomb disposal units are called to a forest near Loch Lomond after an explosion.

The number of work visas issued to people from outside Europe should be cut by up to 25% next year, says the government’s migration advisory committee.

David Cameron has said a series of government leaks about the recent defence review are “worrying”.

Fifa executive committee members Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii are suspended over claims they asked for money in exchange for World Cup votes.