Supporters of Tunisia's ruling moderate Islamist party are being called to attend a pro-government rally a day after clashes between protesters and police, following the funeral of the opposition politician Chokri Belaid, whose assassination this week tipped the country to the edge of revolt.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger may have to call on Sebastien Squillaci or Spanish 20-year-old Ignasi Miquel

The report highlights shocking failures in patient care at Stafford Hospital. The central question now is whether Robert Francis’s diagnosis of the causes of these failures and his recommendations will prevent anything like this happening again.

England play Ireland in the Six Nations this Sunday

Conservative Cabinet ministers are pressing for another round of cuts in the welfare budget in an attempt to protect their own departments from the Treasury’s demand for a further £10bn of savings.

Spending cuts are unavoidable, but hitting the poorest hardest is no solution

Simon Calder discovers a green and pleasant base from which to explore a fascinating corner of suburban London

Claimants I spoke to were very busy with the ‘work’ that survival demands

This October, the Government will roll out the most important changes made to the benefits system since the war. The introduction of Universal Credit will make sure that, in this country, work always pays. It hardly sounds revolutionary. Surely, it should always pay to work. For every pound you earn, you should be better off. .

Labour today defended its plans to deprive the long-term unemployed of their benefits if they refuse to take up the offer of a “guaranteed” job.

A seal believed to have swum more than 50 miles (80km) along a flooded river to a nature reserve is expected to become a visitor attraction.

Police forces have been criticised by mental health charities after new figures revealed the use of Taser guns on people in mental distress.

Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe "plebgate" statement in full:

Manchester United striker surprises Swiss youngsters