At least 42 people have been killed and more than 20 injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in southern Morocco, officials say.

The production company that makes The Great British Bake Off broke BBC editorial guidelines by having the free loan of Smeg fridges on the show.

The mother of two boys found dead in a flat in Wiltshire alongside the body of their father says they will be sorely missed.

The proportion of shops lying empty increased in every region in Britain bar London between January and June, according to figures compiled by the Local Data Company (LDC).

Four British Christians who claim they lost their jobs because of discrimination against their beliefs take their cases to the European Court of Human Rights.

Portugal says it has asked for EU assistance to tackle dozens of forest fires which have left at least one person dead.

The prime minister is set to continue the coalition's first major reshuffle, after appointing Andrew Mitchell as his chief whip late on Monday night.

Lifeguard cover on a beach in Cornwall where a mother was fatally caught in a rip current had ended a day earlier, it emerges.