Many drivers are facing a fine of £1,000 for failing to update their photo-card driving licences, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency warns.

An internal review is carried out after a reindeer was taken round wards at Yorkhill Sick Children's Hospital in Glasgow.

The former deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council will face no further suspension over a pornographic DVD found in his work laptop.

A lamb processing business on Anglesey may be forced to close with the loss of 350 jobs after losing a major deal with a supermarket.

War photographer Paul Conroy, who was injured in a bomb attack in Syria which killed war correspondent Marie Colvin, vows to return to the country.

Argentine police say they have broken up an international network of paedophiles who used social networks to spread pornographic images and videos.

Malian forces say they have retaken a town in central Mali from Islamist militants following air strikes by the French military.

Long-serving Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh is to leave the soap after 15 years playing Hayley Cropper.