Retailer Phones 4U is to fall into administration putting 5,596 jobs at risk.

A small study suggests some people's brains may have the ability to resist early Alzheimer's damage.

Switching from driving a car to walking or cycling to work improves the wellbeing of commuters, a study suggests.

Thousands of inmates are sexually abused in prisons in England and Wales each year, according to research for the Howard League for Penal Reform.

Construction has begun on a giant observation tower in the heart of the Amazon basin in Brazil to monitor climate change.

First Minister Alex Salmond and Prime Minister David Cameron are hitting the Scottish campaign trail ahead of Thursday's independence vote.

An inquest into the deaths of six Britons and a UK-based Colombian killed when militants seized an Algerian gas plant last year is set to begin.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is to attend a summit to discuss plans to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants, following the killing of hostage David Haines.