Councils will be given powers to stop funding early years providers with links to extremism, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is to announce.

The World Health Organization declares the spread of Ebola in West Africa an international health emergency.

Football boss Karren Brady and former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose are among 22 new life peers.

Collection times at almost half the Royal Mail's collection boxes will be brought forward to between 9am and 3pm.

UN official says emergency aid drops by the US are helping refugees trapped by Islamist militants, but warns that more needs to be done.

A man has died after a charging e-cigarette exploded and ignited oxygen equipment he may have been using, Merseyside's fire service says.

US aircraft launch air strike against Islamic State artillery near Irbil in northern Iraq, the Pentagon says.

A British businessman and his American wife are sentenced to prison for illegally obtaining Chinese citizens' personal data, at a high-profile trial in Shanghai.