More than 200 schools built in Scotland under private finance schemes are at least partially owned by offshore investment funds, BBC Scotland finds.

A crowd-funding campaign raises more than $40,000 to help Ethiopia's Olympic marathon medallist seek asylum after his anti-government protest.

The swimwear manufacturer Speedo and fashion label Ralph Lauren are dropping their sponsorship of the disgraced US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte.

The mental well-being of teenage girls in England has worsened in recent years, says research for the Department for Education.

Jeremy Corbyn says he would look to bolster the bargaining powers of trade unions if he wins the leadership vote.

Home Office doctors gave the go ahead for experimental drug trials on children at two approved schools in the 1960s, National Archives files show.

Police arrest popular but controversial Malaysian singer Namewee, after complaints that his most recent music video "insulted Islam".

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning pleads guilty to 21 child sex offences between 1969 and 1986, following a police inquiry into a popular teenage disco which ran for four decades in Surrey.