Broadcaster Andrew Marr will return full-time to his presenting duties in the autumn following his recovery from a major stroke, the BBC confirmed today.

The former Labour minister said the party could be on the verge of a “great prize” if the next government is not a coalition

The Chancellor has rebuffed advances from his namesake after President Obama's G8 mix-up

Crime writers Ian Rankin and Val McDermid will pay tribute to the late Iain Banks at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

The Foreign Secretary will appear before the House of Commons tomorrow to try to allay concerns about the Prism spy scheme which enables the USA’s spy agency to mine data from Facebook and other web companies

The inquiry will be separate from Dame Janet Smith's investigation into Jimmy Savile's crimes

There will not be a separate inquiry into how the disgraced broadcaster Stuart Hall was able to abuse his victims while working at the BBC, the chairman of the Corporation's trust has said. Lord Patten said instead a review into the Jimmy Savile scandal by Dame Janet Smith would also investigate how Hall – who has admitted indecently assaulting 13 girls during the 1960s, 70s and 80s – gained access to his victims.

Boris Johnson has gone on record to say that his bumbling self-deprecatory persona is a “cunning device” he uses to get people to trust him.

Shadow ministers Liam Byrne and Harriet Harman says 'work should pay'

Broadcaster Eddie Mair has dismissed reports that he could be in line for Jeremy Paxman's Newsnight job following his gruelling inquisition of Boris Johnson.

The Mayor took his grilling by Eddie Mair with the kind of grace few MPs possess

Stanley Johnson calls interview with his son a ‘disgusting piece of journalism

The Mayor of London usually escapes tough questioning with his buffoonery