A Comic Relief sketch featuring Rowan Atkinson as the Archbishop of Canterbury draws more than 2,200 complaints to the BBC.

Al-Qaeda militants tell a Mauritanian news agency they have killed French hostage Philippe Verdon, because of France's intervention in Mali.

Long-distance lorry drivers who drink coffee have fewer road traffic accidents, research suggests.

Barack Obama heads to Israel for his first trip there as president, amid a stalled peace process and anxiety over Syria and Iran.

George Osborne will set out how he intends to use cuts to Whitehall budgets to benefit the economy, when he delivers his fourth Budget later.

Some parents in the UK will be able to claim back up to £1,200 a year for each child - or 20% of childcare costs - from 2015, under government plans.

A Scottish fitted kitchen company is fined £90,000 for "blighting" the public with thousands of unwanted marketing calls.

Civil servants will hold a second strike over pay and pensions after an initial Budget Day walkout, the Public and Commercial Services union confirms.