A British soldier has been killed by an individual wearing an Afghan army uniform, the Ministry of Defence says.

Executives from Starbucks, Google and Amazon, which have all been accused of tax avoidance, are due to give evidence before Parliament.

The decision to pay a year's salary to George Entwistle, who quit as BBC director general on Saturday, is criticised by senior MPs.

A draft copy of the new secondary curriculum for England, leaked to the Times Educational Supplement, has drawn criticism from experts.

A-level exams will be taken only in the summer and there will be a cap on resits, England's exams watchdog has announced.

The number of women living with lung cancer in the UK is set to rise significantly faster than the number of men with the disease over the next 30 years, experts say.

Sir Rex Hunt, who was governor of the Falkland Islands during the Argentine invasion in 1982 which triggered the Falklands War, dies aged 86.

Downing Street criticises the BBC's decision to pay ex-director general George Entwistle £450,000, saying the sum is "hard to justify".