Soham killer Ian Huntley is to sue the Prison Service after his throat was slashed in an attack by a fellow inmate at a prison in County Durham.

Pakistani intelligence officials cancel a visit to Britain in protest at comments made by David Cameron about its alleged links to terror.

British forces say they have seized two compounds in a Taliban stronghold at the start of a fresh bid to push insurgents out of Helmand province.

A lack of specialist medics to care for rape victims could be hampering conviction rates, doctors believe.