Downing Street plays down the chances of an imminent breakthrough amid reports the sides are close to agreement.

Royal Mail faces its first national postal strike in a decade after 97% of votes cast were in favour.

The group says it has taken steps towards legal action over the restriction of protests in London.

The SNP leader tells her party's conference that Westminster has 'no right' to block a Scottish independence referendum.

The family are in the US to publicise the case of the suspect given diplomatic immunity.