Black and ethnic minority people in Britain still face "entrenched" race inequality in many areas, including education and health, a watchdog warns.

Britain's women reach the Olympic hockey final for the first time, Usain Bolt wins his 200m semi-final and Elaine Thompson completes a sprint double at Rio 2016.

TV sports presenter Charlie Webster is in a coma with malaria in a Rio hospital following a 3,000-mile charity cycle ride.

Syrian activists have released haunting pictures of a young boy rescued from a destroyed building after an air strike in the divided second city of Aleppo.

Warmer weather helped boost retail sales in July, according to official data, and a weaker pound may also have played a part.

At least six people have been killed and 219 wounded by car bombs that hit police stations in two cities in eastern Turkey.

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be receiving their A-level results on Thursday morning.

Almost 7,000 "Islamophobic" tweets were sent, in English, every day in July worldwide, data suggests, a steep increase on previous weeks.