More students at UK universities are being awarded firsts and upper second class degrees, new figures show.

A link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or sausages, and pancreatic cancer has been suggested by researchers in Sweden.

The hidden evolutionary secrets of primates' faces

Burma frees several of its most prominent political prisoners, in another major step towards opening up after 50 years of military rule.

The potential impact of a a referendum on Scottish independence will be the hot topic at the British Irish summit meeting in Dublin on Friday.

There are still up to 500,000 hens being kept in battery cages in Britain despite a ban at the start of this year, the BBC understands.

A major search is taking place for a fisherman who went missing about 15 miles off the Anglesey coast overnight.

Shares in UK engineering firm Invensys dive 20% after it warns its 2011 operating profit will be "significantly below" that of the previous year.