The number of vulnerable people receiving meals on wheels from English councils has more than halved in the past five years, Labour research shows.

Five men are arrested and charged with kidnapping and repeatedly raping a Japanese student over several weeks, police in Calcutta say.

UK nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was diagnosed with Ebola after returning from Sierra Leone, is now in a critical condition, the Royal Free Hospital says.

Indonesia's weather agency says initial analysis suggests bad weather caused AirAsia flight QZ8501 to crash, with the loss of 162 people.

A major search operation is launched after a ship believed to have had eight crew on board overturns off the north of Scotland.

Two people are killed and another is seriously ill in hospital after a light aircraft crashes in woods in Hampshire.

All the UK-based passengers and crew from two flights taken by a British nurse who contracted Ebola have now received health advice, officials say.

A funeral service is due to be held for a couple and their granddaughter who died when a bin lorry crashed in Glasgow city centre.