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The body of a newborn baby has been discovered in a garden, police have said.

Australian PM Julia Gillard's Labour Party will rule the country for a second three-year term after two independent politicians joined her coalition.

Millions of commuters and other passengers face travel misery as a strike by rail workers causes major disruption to London Underground services.

Some of the nearly six million people who paid too much or too little income tax are to find out whether they are due a rebate or have to make more payments.

Multi-millionaire banker Bob Diamond has been named as the next chief executive of banking group Barclays.

Three of Birmingham City Council’s highest-paid bosses are fighting against each other to save their jobs in a major staffing shake-up.

Jaguar and Land Rover bucked a declining trend in UK car sales last month – and posted substantial rises.

Scotland Yard is to consider fresh claims that a top Tory aide was involved in a phone hacking scandal, following criticism from a West Midlands MP.

A diabetic woman admitted to a Midlands hospital after a fall slipped into a coma and died after nurses failed to giver her vital insulin injections an inquest heard.

Senior fire officers have pledged that looming budget cuts next year will not lead to delays in answering 999 calls.

Prime minister Julia Gillard's Labour Party will form a minority government to rule Australia after two independent politicians backed her coalition.

A £1 million appeal to repair an embankment collapse on a heritage rail line was launched today by rail enthusiast and record producer Pete Waterman.

One in six Britons have a bank account they keep secret from their partner, with the average person having more than £2,000 stashed away, a survey has indicated.

Millions of commuters are facing travel chaos on Tuesday after London Underground workers began a fresh wave of 24-hour strikes - a move that will cost the economy almost £50 million.

Chancellor George Osborne is to endorse sweeping European supervisory powers over banks and financial institutions in response to the economic crisis.

A top Scotland Yard officer faces a grilling from MPs on Tuesday over the newspaper phone-hacking row threatening to engulf David Cameron's communications chief.

Multi-millionaire banker Bob Diamond will be named as the next chief executive of banking group Barclays.

Controversial plans for a referendum on changing the Westminster voting system comfortably cleared their first Commons hurdle.

Union leaders have pressed the Government to appoint a health and safety "tsar" after a new study showed that more than 20,000 people were killed prematurely by their work every year.

Women would spend an average of £15,000 on IVF to get pregnant, with one in 10 willing to spend more than £50,000, research showed.