Television writer Carla Lane, who created shows including 1980s Liverpool sitcoms Bread and Butterflies, dies aged 87.

The director of Cincinnati zoo says he would do the same again after a gorilla, into whose enclosure a child fell, was shot dead.

High Streets and public spaces in some areas of the UK no longer have any council-run public lavatories, the BBC learns.

North Korea has attempted to fire a ballistic missile off its east coast but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean military officials say.

International footballer Alan Pulido fought one of his kidnappers and grabbed his phone to call police, officials reveal.

A second minister in Brazil's new government resigns after a recording was published appearing to show him trying to derail a corruption investigation.

Almost 75% of older children in England and Wales with diabetes are not getting key health checks, a study suggests.

Leading figures in the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union say they want to be able to scrap VAT on fuel to help the poorest households.