A worker at a mental health hospital in Gloucester dies after being stabbed at work.

Downing Street adds its backing as the retired judge appointed to chair a child abuse review rejects calls to "step down" over her family connection with a previous probe.

Fears are being raised the NHS in England will no longer be free at the point of use - up to now a key principle for the health service - within 10 years.

The situation in Gaza "is on a knife-edge", UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns, urging Israel and Palestinian militants to end hostilities.

The world's largest underground trampoline has been unveiled in a cave in Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales.

The number of experimental procedures carried out on animals in Britain showed a small rise last year, despite a pledge by the government to reduce them.

The Bank of England holds UK interest rates at a record low of 0.5% for another month, and keeps its quantitative easing programme at £375bn.

Richmond flanker Alex Matthews is included in a 26-strong England squad for the Women's Rugby World Cup in France next month.