Britain's biggest business lobbying group says that 80% of its members surveyed want the UK to stay in the EU.

Russian forces pack up equipment and supplies as they prepare to leave Syria after a surprise withdrawal announcement by President Vladimir Putin.

The Home Office is facing two separate legal challenges over the way it imposes fines on haulage firms caught transporting migrants into Britain.

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik gives a Nazi salute as he returns to court to accuse the government of violating his human rights.

A serious fire damages a roof and first floor of 16th Century Wythenshawe Hall in Manchester.

German police open a murder investigation after a bomb went off in a car in Berlin, killing the driver.

Mother Teresa, the nun who worked with the poor in the Indian city of Kolkata, will be declared a saint on 4 September, Pope Francis announces.

A burglar described as the most prolific in the UK "and possibly in Europe", is being linked to around 450 thefts including two at the London home of Boris Becker.