Computer and smartphone maker Apple reports its first quarterly drop in profits in a decade, despite strong sales in the three months to March.

Two men arrested in Canada on suspicion of plotting what officials describe as an al-Qaeda-backed plot to derail a train appear in court.

US authorities drop the charges against a Mississippi man accused of sending letters poisoned with ricin to President Barack Obama and a US senator.

World number five Stephen Maguire suffers a shock 10-9 defeat by Dechawat Poomjaeng in the World Championship.

Schools should be heavily fined if they falsify registers to cover up illegal exclusions, the children's commissioner for England, Maggie Atkinson, says.

Injections to plump up the skin are a "crisis waiting to happen" and should be prescription-only, a UK review of cosmetic procedures says.

Patients are getting lost in UK hospitals because they are constantly being switched from ward to ward amid pressures on A&E departments, nurses say.

The home secretary will make a statement to MPs later about the fight to deport Abu Qatada after the Appeal Court refused to refer his case to the Supreme Court.