German government condemns a mob that tried to stop a bus from taking migrants to a shelter as "cold-hearted and cowardly".

British cinematographer Douglas Slocombe, whose work included Ealing comedies and the Indiana Jones films, has died at the age of 103.

The government's "failure" to create a charter of rights for people with learning disabilities means a new commissioner is needed to "protect and promote" them, a report says.

David Cameron is to face MPs to present his case for the UK remaining within a reformed EU - a day after Boris Johnson declared he would campaign to leave.

Heroines and female villains outnumber heroes and male baddies in a literary poll of memorable children's novel characters, to mark World Book Day.

More than 10 million people in India's capital Delhi are without water after caste protests over job quotas cut its key water source, officials say.

The pound sees its biggest fall in more than a year against the dollar over uncertainty about a possible UK exit from the EU.

A clean-up operation is underway after the most severe cyclone to hit Fiji in living memory killed at least 20.