Proton beam cancer therapy - at the centre of an NHS controversy two years ago - causes fewer side effects than conventional radiotherapy, research suggests.

More than 22,000 children - including one as young as eight - were held overnight in police cells last year, according to police figures.

David Bowie left an estate valued at about £70m, according to his will, and also requested that his ashes be scattered in Bali.

Germany's Angelique Kerber beats world number one Serena Williams to win her first Grand Slam at the Australian Open.

A nine-year-old girl dies, along with a man and woman, in a crash on the M9 in West Lothian.

Violence erupts as protesters demonstrating against the arrival of immigrants clash with anti-racism campaigners in Dover.

A police officer is found guilty of beating his wife to death using a can of paint, a large battery and a mallet.

Iran flew an unarmed drone over a US aircraft carrier and took "precise" photographs during a naval drill in the Gulf, its state broadcaster says.