Nadine Koutcher from Belarus is crowned the 2015 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World following a week-long contest.

A business lobby group reports a strong improvement in small business confidence, suggesting the sector will grow this year.

Thousands of foreign nurses in junior posts could be forced to leave the UK under new migrant salary rules, causing "chaos" in the NHS, unions warn.

A new theory that the tallest stone at Stonehenge points towards the midsummer sunset is observed to be correct, it is claimed.

Four in 10 students graduating this year do not believe their courses have been good value for money, a survey for BBC 5 live suggests.

The National Trust is asking the public to record the sounds of the UK seaside to create a unique audio archive.

More than 120 people die during a heatwave in Pakistan's Sindh province, with extreme temperatures forecast again for Monday.

A German court will consider an extradition request from Egypt for a senior journalist from the al-Jazeera channel.