Severe disruption is expected on London Underground on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes.

Fire crews tackle a blaze at a former nightclub in Southport where Ringo Starr made his Beatles debut.

The growing number of councils across the UK switching off street lights prompts criticism from MPs and road safety groups.

A maintenance firm boss is charged over the death of a worker who fell through a skylight at a Bognor Regis store.

The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.