Some local authorities in England are not doing enough to prevent health problems in children under the age of five, a report by the National Children's Bureau suggests.

Standing stones found buried near Stonehenge could be the Britain's "largest" intact prehistoric monument, archaeologists say.

Tesco sells Homeplus, its South Korean business, for £4.2bn as the troubled supermarket chain seeks to shore up its balance sheet.

A British academic who was detained at a Thai airport over a dispute linked to a UN report he wrote nine years ago has been released.

EU agriculture ministers announce a €500m (£365m) aid package after thousands of farmers stage a protest on the streets of Brussels.

A Royal Navy submarine was responsible for damaging a fishing trawler that it towed at speed through the Irish Sea, the Ministry of Defence says.

A legal challenge over the election of Alistair Carmichael as MP for Orkney and Shetland MP is due to be heard in Edinburgh.

The mother of a baby Palestinian boy killed in an arson attack in the West Bank that was blamed on militant Israeli settlers succumbs to her severe burns.