Professional rugby union players in England will have compulsory education on concussion before the start of next season.

Reports of arrests in the Madeleine McCann case appear on Monday's front pages, along with fears about the true scale of the "obesity epidemic".

Actress Alexandra Bastedo, best known for her role in the 1960s television sci-fi series The Champions, dies aged 67 following a long illness.

The UK Treasury is to say it will honour all UK government debt issued up to the date of the referendum on Scottish independence.

Thousands of Israelis have filed past the body of ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who died at 85 after eight years in a coma.

A survey of 100 big employers in the UK suggests they are planning to take on more new graduates this year.

An Afghan girl tells the BBC how her family ordered her to wear a suicide vest and attack a police checkpoint in Helmand province.

Estimates that half the UK population will be obese by 2050 "underestimate" the problem, a report by health campaigners claims.