The UK is to put more than $60m (£40m) into a UN fund set up to respond to natural disasters.

Venezuela's former President Carlos Andres Perez dies in Florida at the age of 88, reportedly of a heart attack.

Fresh secret US diplomatic cables released via Wikileaks allege governments have pressed the US drug agency to extend wiretapping.

Job cuts in the NHS in England could endanger the lives of patients, says Royal College of Nursing general secretary Dr Peter Carter

Five people who were among 19 taken to hospital following a coach crash near Norwich remain in hospital with serious injuries, police say.

Four people are arrested on suspicion of murder after a man's body was found at a property in Suffolk on Christmas Day.

Officers investigating the disappearance of Bristol landscape architect Joanna Yeates say they "are satisfied" a body found on Christmas Day is hers.

Fulham-West Ham kicks off a bumper Sunday of football, despite weather problems causing two postponements in the top flight and a handful in the lower leagues.