French warplanes carry out air strikes in Mali's far north as they try to secure the final rebel stronghold of Kidal after a three-week offensive.

The distress call of a young dolphin is used to lure to safety a large pod of the animals in danger of being stranded off Western Australia.

Banks will be broken-up if they fail to follow new rules to ring-fence risky investment operations from High Street operations, the Chancellor is set to announce.

The cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear site has reached £67.5bn, with no indication of when the cost will stop rising, according to a report.

An image of a skull which historians believe could be that of Richard III is released ahead of DNA test results being announced.

Panasonic shares surge after the firm swings back into profit and says a weak Japanese currency is helping improve business conditions.

The new Archbishop of Canterbury will be confirmed in the role in a legal ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral later.

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou confirms that French special forces are protecting one of the country's biggest uranium mines.