Rebels in eastern DR Congo advance to within a few kilometres of the provincial capital, Goma, as the UK urges its citizens to leave the country.

Francois Fillon and Jean-Francois Cope both claim victory as France's race for next opposition leader is marred by allegations of vote-rigging.

Research suggests children are hiding their talents and skills in school for fear of being bullied.

Many NHS hospitals in England are paying over the odds for supplies, a snapshot investigation suggests.

Scientists in Cambridge have reversed paralysis in dogs after injecting them with cells grown from the lining of their nose.

Virgin Atlantic is offered the rights to operate Heathrow links to Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Business leaders say some UK schools have become "exam factories" and are calling for children to be given a broader education.

Human bones are discovered in the burned out remains of a houseboat on a canal in Oxfordshire.