A Scottish university is investigating an employee who posted online that they hoped Ann Widdecombe suffered "an extremely painful death".
A man who raped and murdered his estranged wife before staging a scene to make it look like she had taken her own life has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum 33 years.
Former Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills was the BBC's highest earner until he was sacked in March, latest figures reveal.
The written statement Scotland's former first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, gave to police investigating the SNP’s finances will not be released, her lawyer has said.
British troops dropped Afghan prisoners from a forklift "for fun", and a soldier who raised concerns about the killing of three farmers in a raid by special forces was called a "Taliban-loving apologist", an inquiry has heard.
Ed Sheeran has inspired a new £12.5m government initiative to bring music education into libraries across England.
Police are investigating after the bodies of three people were found in a family home in Ballymena, Co Antrim.
Twelve people have been arrested over an alleged "extreme right-wing terrorism" threat to an Islamic event in Suffolk.
A rapist taxi driver who was allowed to keep his operator's licence despite being locked up for attacking a teenage passenger intends to appeal against his conviction and sentence.
A new vaccine to combat a strain of Ebola spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will soon be tested on adults in the UK, under plans announced today.