One of the four men accused of plotting "drive-by" shootings downloaded software to allow Islamist terrorists to exchange secret messages, a jury hears.

Ed Miliband was not judged to be as strong a leader as David Cameron, an internal Labour report into why the party lost the 2015 election has found.

A heterosexual couple begin a legal challenge at the High Court against the ban on members of the opposite sex entering into civil partnerships.

Two men from Walsall who were arrested on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences are charged.

The Eagles founder and guitarist Glenn Frey has died at the age of 67, the band announces on its website.

The UK's security service MI5 is named as the country's most gay-friendly employer, following a survey by leading gay rights charity Stonewall.

A 26-year-old Algerian asylum seeker becomes the first suspect to be arrested over alleged sexual offences in Cologne on New Year's Eve.

An Amnesty report into child labour in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo raises questions for electronic firms.