A blood test for Down's syndrome can reduce the number of pregnant women needing risky tests, say UK doctors.

A helicopter with one person on board crashes in the Isle of Man during high winds.

The sight of sick and tired suspected illegal immigrants found among washing machines in lorries at an Essex port was pitiful, local MP Bernard Jenkin says.

Only "an insane person in a dream" could imagine that Russia would attack Nato countries, President Vladimir Putin says.

Royal Navy warship HMS Bulwark sets off towards Libya after reports 14 vessels carrying migrants have left the country's coast.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron will urge world leaders at the G7 summit to take corruption more seriously in the wake of the Fifa scandal.

A total of 331 people have been confirmed dead following the righting of the Eastern Star cruise ship, which capsized on Monday in the Yangtze River.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage will present the party as a key voice in the campaign against the UK's membership of the EU, during its first post-election conference.