An independent school is reported to the advertising watchdog by the head of a rival school for claiming it is the best in the country.

Government plans to change the system of vetting people who work with children leave a "disturbing gap", the NSPCC says.

Pirates have hijacked a sailing boat in the Indian Ocean seizing seven Danish people - including three children, Danish media reports say.

Items once owned by Wallis Simpson, the woman for whom Edward VIII renounced the throne, are set to be sold in an auction.