The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will cost £9.98bn, six times more than the original estimate, it has been claimed.

Lord Janner, the former Labour peer ruled unfit to stand trial over allegations of child sexual abuse spanning four decades, dies aged 87.

The UK's "green" bank should not be privatised unless the government can ensure it keeps its environmental purposes, a committee of MPs says.

Emergency funding is being made available for sports clubs hit by Storm Desmond.

A US-led coalition air strike during an offensive against so-called Islamic State (IS) may have killed Iraqi soldiers, the US military says.

A UN plan for Syria is a "milestone" in the efforts to end the conflict there, says US Secretary of State John Kerry.

India's opposition Congress party leaders, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, appear in court in connection with corruption allegations.

A march takes place to mark the closure of Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire, the last British deep coal mine.