German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a solution to Greece's debt crisis must be agreed before Monday's emergency EU summit.

A young man is rescued from the sea, unconscious and seriously injured, after an incident apparently involving a yacht and a RIB boat off the Isle of Wight.

Lorry drivers ignoring weight restrictions on minor roads are causing "bedlam" in rural communities, the Local Government Association says.

Children who have a good memory are better at telling lies and covering them up, say child psychology researchers.

The Earth has entered a "new period of extinction", a study by three US universities concludes, and humans could be among the first casualties.

More than a ton of confiscated ivory is crushed in New York's Times Square to send a message that the illegal trade will not be tolerated.

An electronic tag must be removed from a terror suspect because he was scared it contained a bomb, the High Court rules.

The US State Department says the number of terror attacks around the world rose by a third in 2014 compared with the previous year.