Rona Fairhead, former head of the Financial Times Group, is to become the first woman to chair the BBC Trust, replacing Lord Patten in the role.

The EU gives Russia one week to reverse course in Ukraine or face new sanctions, as Ukraine's leader talks of the "point of no return".

US planes have made air drops and carried out strikes against Islamic State positions around the besieged northern Iraqi town of Amerli.

David Cameron welcomes a commitment by Donald Tusk, the new president of the European Council, to reach a deal with the UK on EU reform.

Doctors' leaders are calling for an emergency taskforce to be set up to tackle childhood obesity in England.

Bassist Glenn Cornick, a founding member of the British rock band Jethro Tull who played on their biggest hits, has died at his home in Hawaii.

Sunbed users are still at risk of skin cancer even if they do not burn their skin, according to a new study by Dundee University.

Health professionals say they are stepping up efforts to see alcohol minimum pricing in place in Scotland, with a seminar being held in Brussels.