The Pentagon says that the US military has carried out an air strike targeting a senior al-Shabab leader in Somalia.

The search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 begins for a third day and is expanded to cover an area far beyond the plane's flight path.

Margaret Thatcher explored plans to overhaul the structure of English education when she was PM, files released by the National Archives show.

Reducing the deficit must be the top priority for the government in 2015, the employers' group the CBI says - as it also urges radical changes to preserve public services.

Pharmacists strongly criticised plans to strengthen checks at the counter for entitlement to free prescriptions in England.

Police in Los Angeles shot a young black man in the back from close range during a struggle in August, a post-mortem report finds.

West Brom sack manager Alan Irvine after seven defeats in nine games leaves the Baggies 16th in the Premier League.

Nick Clegg says the Lib Dems will stand up for "optimism, not division" in the run-up to May's general election.