Lawyers acting for a Irish hospital where Savita Halappanavar died say staff will dispute claims that she was refused an abortion on religious grounds.

Baroness Thatcher, the UK's first female prime minister, continues to be remembered at home and abroad after her death at the age of 87.

The half-million strong Girlguiding movement has added its voice to a campaign to persuade The Sun newspaper to drop its Page Three topless pin-ups.

Scientists say they have traced the root genetic cause of leukaemia back to life in the womb.

The new system of disability benefits begins for new claimants in some areas, as critics express fears that support will be reduced.

Uhuru Kenyatta is set to be sworn in as Kenya's new president, but Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, facing an ICC arrest warrant, will not attend.

Ten years after Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled in Baghdad, a former SAS man hopes to sell a piece of it for charity.

Interest from potential new buyers of homes in England and Wales rose in March but activity in the housing market remained slow, surveyors suggest.