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Sixteen NHS trusts in south west England have signed up to what unions describe as a "pay cartel".

We’re told there’s not enough money around—and that it might lead to a full-blown global recession. It’s true that in 14 leading economies the amount of cash in circulation has dropped by three quarters over six months.

The presidential election campaign is well and truly under way in the US. Barack Obama wants to banish any lingering illusions that he might be an anti-war president.

Workers from Guys and St Thomas’ NHS trust in London protested on Wednesday of last week against a potential Sainsbury’s takeover of pharmacy services.

The massacre in Houla has re-ignited calls for outside military intervention in Syria. Britain’s foreign secretary William Hague warned the "military option" is on the table. His warning comes alongside the expulsion of Syria diplomats from most western capitals following the massacre by Syrian regime militia in the village of Houla.

A patient died of a heart attack in a hospital corridor after waiting more than two hours for emergency treatment, it has emerged.

Three days of US drone attacks in north west Pakistan have left at least 27 dead.

The biggest danger of a sectarian "spillover" is in Lebanon. There have been sectarian clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, close to the border with Syria’s restive cities of Homs and Hama.

David Cameron’s former spin doctor Andy Coulson was arrested and charged with perjury by Strathclyde Police on Wednesday of last week.

To lose one tax policy may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two or three looks like carelessness.