The government's immigration cap for skilled workers has been hit for the first time, blocking the recruitment of some nurses, doctors and teachers.

The South African recipient of the world's first penile transplant is to become a father, a surgeon who performed the operation tells the BBC.

Greece's international creditors raise the pressure on Alexis Tsipras's government, as IMF negotiators leave talks in Brussels citing "major differences".

French prosecutors announce a preliminary investigation into whether manslaughter charges should be brought over the Germanwings plane crash.

South Yorkshire Police will not be investigated over its handling of violent clashes between miners and officers at Orgreave coking plant in 1984, the police watchdog says.

New criteria for diagnosing diabetes during pregnancy could be missing thousands of women at risk, a report suggests.

People who need urgent mental health care in England are receiving inadequate support, regulators say.

The funeral of former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy to be held near his home in the Scottish Highlands.