A 35-carat diamond passed among Europe's royalty for four centuries, the Beau Sancy, sells for twice its reserve at auction in Switzerland.

The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years and looks like it will fall further, figures obtained by Labour suggest.

"Jonny Bairstow will grow in international cricket and become an England Test regular in the future"

New nurses should be judged on their compassion not just their skills, the NHS Confederation chairman is to say.

Cutting air pollution has an instant impact on heart health, experts believe, after reviewing studies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The UK's two measurement systems are a "confusing shambles" and must be reformed, former foreign secretary Lord Howe says.

Petrol was used to start a fire in a house in Derby in which six children died as their parents appeal for privacy, police say.

Ex-foreign secretary Jack Straw says it would have been "disgusting" if the UK had sent troops to war in Iraq only after considering if there was enough press support.