Britain's women's and men's pursuit teams both win gold on the first day of the European Track Championships.

A vote for Scottish independence would amount to "an act of national self-belief", the country's first minister is to say to the SNP conference.

Criminal charges are being considered against a US scout leader who toppled an ancient rock formation in Utah, sparking an international outcry.

British ethnic minority doctors are four times more likely than white candidates to fail their clinical GP exam, an investigation commissioned by the General Medical Council finds.

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One person has been taken to hospital after a fire at the Campsfield House immigration removal centre in Kidlington, near Oxford, the Home Office says.

George Osborne expects to make a decision about how to break up the state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in "the next two or three weeks", he tells the Daily Telegraph.

England women lose seven wickets for 16 runs as they slip to an 11-run defeat against West Indies in the tri-series.