Counting begins across the UK in elections to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies and more than 120 councils in England.

A former South Yorkshire Police press officer claims she was asked to "spin" news during the Hillsborough inquests, the BBC can reveal.

The UK's new polar research ship is to be named RRS Sir David Attenborough, despite Boaty McBoatface previously topping a public vote.

A man who went on the run suspected of being armed after a fatal shooting is arrested after he hands himself in to police.

The source behind the leak of the Panama Papers speaks for the first time, offering to help with prosecutions in return for immunity.

Sadiq Khan looks on course to be elected London mayor - a boost to Labour after it slumped to third place in Scotland, where the SNP won again.

Eight police forces are investigating whether Conservative MPs filed election expenses illegally after the 2015 General Election, the BBC understands.

Colombia announces it will use military force, including air strikes, against major criminal gangs.