Applications are down for UK university courses starting this autumn - in the first year of higher fees, according the admissions service.

A lottery player who won £1m on a ticket bought in Leicester fails to come forward and claim their prize.

A council building in Essex is evacuated for the second time in 10 days following a suspected chemical leak.

The mother of Shafilea Ahmed saw her husband attack her daughter on the night she disappeared, a court is told.

French police investigate how a TV channel came to broadcast recordings of conversations between the Islamist killer Mohamed Merah and police.

Labour leader Ed Miliband calls for a code of conduct to be set up for bankers, following a series of scandals to hit the industry.

Roger Federer's win over Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final was watched by a peak of 16.9 million viewers, according to overnight figures.

Oil and gas production in Norway, one of the world's biggest energy exporters, will be shutdown from Tuesday after talks over pensions broke down for a third time.