The NHS in England is to start collecting anonymised data on patient care by GPs, with 26 million leaflets being sent out to explain the move.

Retired US basketball player Dennis Rodman takes a team to North Korea for a match marking leader Kim Jong-un's birthday.

Singer-songwriter George Ezra takes fifth place in the BBC's Sound of 2014 list, as the countdown begins to number one, revealed this Friday.

British number one Laura Robson pulls out with her Australian Open warm-up event in Hobart with a wrist injury.

The government is proposing to reduce the speed limit to 60mph for a 32-mile stretch of the M1, in an effort to cut air pollution.

Officials at a privately-run prison say a five-hour disturbance ended peacefully with no staff taken hostage.

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki urges residents of the city of Fallujah to force out insurgents linked to al-Qaeda who have taken control of the city.

West Ham co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan issue an open letter supporting under-pressure manager Sam Allardyce.