The Kids Company charity failed in its handling of allegations of serious incidents, including sexual assaults, former staff tell the BBC.

The top 10 Republican candidates, including Donald Trump, are gearing up for their first debate of the US 2016 election.

Scientists warn that Nepal's devastating April earthquake failed to release all of the stress built up underground, increasing the chance of a quake further west.

Fraudsters trying to steal money from people's pension funds are increasingly offering to invest the cash into other scams, says Citizens Advice.

Formula One driver Jenson Button and his wife Jessica have been burgled while on holiday on the French Riviera, his spokesman says.

At least eight people are killed and more than 100 injured by a powerful car bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul, health officials tell the BBC.

Remains found at the foot of Switzerland's Matterhorn glacier are identified as two Japanese climbers who disappeared 45 years ago.

Criminal proceedings against Lord Janner over allegations of child sexual abuse in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s are to begin later.