The Pentagon confirms that a US drone strike in Somalia last Friday killed al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar, a suspect in the 2013 Kenya mall attack.

BBC News School Report is gearing up for its ninth annual News Day, with 30,000 secondary school pupils across the UK making and broadcasting the news.

Tunisia's president vows to fight terrorism "without mercy" following a gun attack in Tunis that killed 19 people, most of them tourists.

George Osborne draws the battle lines for the general election in seven weeks' time, after unveiling what he called a Budget for a "comeback country".

The UK government’s claim that the country leads the world in cuts of carbon emissions is challenged by researchers at Leeds University.

The number of used wet wipes littering beaches in the UK has increased by 50% in the last year, a survey of 301 locations suggests.

Shaw Taylor, who presented ITV programme Police 5 for 30 years, dies at his home on the Isle of Wight.

British military personnel have begun training members of the Ukrainian army engaged in fighting against pro-Russian rebels, the BBC learns.