New arrangements to give savers more freedom over how and when they take a tax-free lump sum from their pension pot are due to be set out.

Nearly 50 people are held after crowds descend on the police station in the Missouri town where the shooting of an unarmed black teenager two months ago sparked riots.

Shortcomings in how undercover police officers are deployed and monitored are criticised by a review.

A defence plea to postpone the start of pre-trial hearings relating to the murder of two British tourists in Thailand is rejected by a court.

Three men and three women from Portsmouth, Farnborough and Greenwich are being held in connection with a police anti-terrorism operation.

Two people are arrested on suspicion of murdering a 17-year-old boy who died after he was hit outside a shop in Greater Manchester.

The death toll from the Ebola virus outbreak has risen to 4,447, mainly in West Africa, the World Health Organization estimates.

The sister of British hostage John Cantlie, who is being held by Islamic State, makes an appeal for "direct contact" with the militants.