A teenager dies after being attacked outside a grocer's store in Greater Manchester, as police release CCTV of two people they want to speak to.

Typhoon Vongfong, the strongest storm to hit Japan this year, injures more than 30 on Okinawa island, before heading north.

Increasing numbers of men are facing loneliness and isolation in their old age, suggests research.

Directors of the top 100 UK companies now earn 120 times the average sum earned by their employees, according to a report by Incomes Data Services.

The UK government is seeking buyers for its 40% stake in the cross-channel passenger train operator Eurostar to help boost the public finances.

Scientists warn that an army of organisms from Turkey and Ukraine is poised to invade Britain's waterways and destroy native species.

More than four in 10 victims of human trafficking in England and Wales were involved in forced labour, according to a report by the Salvation Army.

Police in Hong Kong remove some barricades erected by pro-democracy protesters, saying they want to clear roads in the business district.