New strains of the parasite that causes malaria are developing a resistance to the drug most widely used against the disease.

The FBI removes evidence including DNA samples from the home where the widow of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been living.

The newly uncovered piece of aircraft wreckage believed to come from a jet flown in the 9/11 attacks is identified as a wing segment, police say.

The Guardian's Twitter accounts have been taken over by pro-Syrian government hackers, the newspaper says.

Police in Lancashire are searching for a mystery marsupial after people reported seeing one near Garstang.

The largest group of living whales believed to have been seen travelling together in or near the Firth of Forth is recorded by pilots from the air.

Police in England and Wales dealt with more than 10,000 offences of serious violence without prosecutions or cautions last year, a freedom of information request finds.

Lloyds Banking Group has reported a big rise in profits for the first three months of the year, making a total of more than £2bn.