Hamas says it is ready for a ceasefire with Israel, amid tension around the planned funeral of a murdered Palestinian teenager, the BBC understands.

Governors at one of the Birmingham schools at the centre of the "Trojan Horse" inquiry say they were not given enough time to make improvements before a visit by Ofsted.

A mother of three who fled her husband in the US is extradited from the UK on charges of kidnapping her children, campaigners say.

The UK's biggest energy supplier, British Gas, mis-sold energy deals by making exaggerated claims to potential customers, the regulator says.

Students have captured images of the earth from space after launching their own mission.

As it returns to London's West End, director David Wood explains how he went about adapting children's classic The Tiger Who Came To Tea for the stage.

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson is jailed for 18 months for conspiracy to hack phones.

Italian police release footage showing the interior of the wrecked cruise ship, Costa Concordia, weeks ahead of an operation to remove the vessel.