Ofsted head Sir Michael Wilshaw backs schools that ban 'inappropriate' wearing of veil
Inspectors will be able to downgrade schools that allow the burqa to interfere in the education of its pupils.
UK tax avoidance: HMRC's 'Google-style' deals with other internet giants may never be revealed
Confidentiality rules means the tax affairs of Amazon, Facebook and LinkedIn could stay shrouded in secrecy.
National Lottery: Hundreds of people 'have come forward' to claim £33m prize
Many claim their ticket was damaged after a woman said her winning slip was washed in a pair of jeans.
UK tax avoidance: Google looks 'to pay three times more tax' in France than in UK
HMRC reportedly failed to challenge internet giant over British tax loopholes.
War on Isis: 'Jihadi Jack' reportedly rejects on Facebook claims he joined Daesh in Syria
Jack Letts, 20, is said to have accused the British media of 'demonising' young Muslim converts.
Migrant crisis: EU proposes shutting borders of Greece from Europe and suspending Schengen zone
Athens has reacted with fury to extreme plans by European Commission to tackle migrant crisis.
Google doodle marks 90th anniversary of 1st live demo of mechanical TV by John Logie Baird
The Scottish inventor managed to show on screen images of his business partner who was in another room.
British 'anarchists' behind stampede in Calais port as France vows crackdown
French officials say British voices were heard egging on migrants in the chaos that led to eight arrests.
UK: Taxpayers to fund £3bn malaria programme with Microsoft founder Bill Gates
George Osborne will go to Liverpool with the tycoon to announce the programme to eradicate the disease.
US: Security fears over how 3D gun developed by Texas anarchist could play into hands of Isis
UK terrorism experts are worried by Cody Wilson's claims his 3D machine gun could be available by April.
UK: MPs tell big name charities which hound donors 'to clean up their act' or face regulation
Charities like Oxfam, MacMillan and the Red Cross are criticised over high-pressure fundraising techniques.
Violent crime up by 27% in England and Wales with homicides at highest level for a decade
Police sources reportedly put spike in murders to moving resources to other investigations.
Litvinenko inquiry: Suspected assassin Andrei Lugovoi dismisses 'nonsense' report with 'no proof'
Lugovoi said there was no chance of him coming to the UK to face criminal charges.
David Cameron urges clampdown on law firms chasing British soldiers in 'spurious' cases
Prime minister says there are too many legal claims against UK troops who fought overseas.
UK: Workers are £44 a week worse off than in 2008 with annual real term wages worth £2,270 less
The TUC data shows the biggest squeeze on wages since the 1850s is continuing.
New Google doodle marks 151st birthday of Wilbur Scoville who invented pepper heat scale
Before the invention of the Scoville scale in 1912, no one knew how to measure spiciness.
Iran urged to release three British citizens from Tehran jail on humanitarian grounds
Amnesty says at least two of the prisoners could die behind bars.
Davos 2016: Stock drop not a bear market but a 'correction' says economist Nouriel Roubini
The economics professor believes a repeat of the 2008 global financial crisis was unlikely.
Russia: Inquiry into Alexander Litvinenko murder 'will point to Kremlin involvement'
The long-awaited report into the death of the former spy is due out.
New Labour Party members who joined since 2015 election mostly 'high status city dwellers'
A leaked internal report showed Labour membership moving away from its traditional roots.
Turkey onslaught on Kurds is 'collective punishment' and risks 200,000 lives says Amnesty
The human rights group says Ankara must be called to account for 'human rights violations.'
UK: Middlesbrough asylum seekers say red doors on houses make them targets for attacks
Asylum seekers from 22 countries are in the properties in England's poorest town.
Refugee crisis: Pressure increases on UK to allow more asylum seekers due to EU rule change
Refugees will no longer have to register where they first land, under a shakeup of European Union rules.
Syria crisis: UK and the West 'get United Nations backing' to airdrop aid to the starving
A letter from the UN under-secretary Stephen O'Brien says 'all options need to be on the table'.
UK-Saudi Arabia ties: Britain 'sold £1bn worth of arms' to Riyadh as Yemen conflict spiked
Rights group says arms sold by Britain helped in the spike in attacks against Houthi rebels.
Women charged more on the High Street for same products amid claims of sexism among retailers
An investigation has found that some basic products cost more if they are marketed at females.
Not enough Tory voters quizzed led to failure of General Election opinion polls
A long-awaited probe looks into why the pollsters in the 2015 election got it so wrong.
Dementia patients face 'Russian roulette' standards of care says Alzheimer's Society
A report shows many patients ignored for hours and denied pain relief while thousands are discharged at night.
Government to introduce anti-extremism website as part of drive to stop radicalisation
Education secretary Nicky Morgan will also announce a tougher approach to unregistered schools.
UK: Two Walsall men arrested last week charged with terrorism offences
The pair will appear before magistrates on Tuesday 19 January.
