Two people are in hospital after an explosion at a terraced house in Ilford.

Train managers have voted for walkouts on 22, 23 and 29 December in a row over rest days.

The chancellor says “efficiency savings” will ensure enough funding for key public services.

Home Office minister Angela Eagle tells the BBC that UK intelligence services are monitoring the situation.

The Old Bailey has heard a Russian spy cell planned to kidnap a journalist and smuggle him out of the UK.

He was given a two-year suspended sentence over false claims of abuse made against UK troops in Iraq.

Elianne Andam was stabbed in the neck outside a Croydon shopping centre while supporting a friend.

All Welsh government departments to be offered more cash from April under budget plans.

Tory former minister Richard Holden says the children of first cousins are at greater risk of birth defects.

Bosses in the early years sector say the government’s uplift in funding will not cover rising costs.