Police in the US city of Cleveland shoot and kill a 12-year-old boy who had been waving what turned out to be a fake gun.

A supermarket price war is behind a sharp rise in the number of firms involved in food production folding, new research claims.

Royal Bank of Scotland apologised for giving incorrect evidence to a parliamentary hearing, letters released by the Treasury Committee reveal.

Peru's environmental police launch an investigation into the deaths of some 500 sea lions found on a northern beach.

Two men are seriously burned in an explosion at a flat in south Birmingham while rescue dogs search the remains of the property.

The case of a businessman who wants to stop malicious web postings about him appearing in Google searches is set to begin at the High Court.

A British man fighting with Kurdish troops against Islamic State militants in Syria tells the BBC he is not a mercenary.

After Band Aid 30 single Do They Know It's Christmas tops the chart, Bob Geldof urges music fans to keep downloading it to fight Ebola.