Counter-terror police investigating the discovery of a suspicious item on a Tube train are granted a warrant to hold a man for further questioning.

Heavy clashes are reported in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo soon after a three-day ceasefire ended late on Saturday.

Armed police spend a second night locked in a stand-off with a man thought to be in possession of "dangerous items".

The UK is to send about 30 soldiers to join the Nato force in Kosovo next year, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon says.

Doctors' leaders are calling for the urgent introduction of a 24-hour helpline for prescription drug dependence.

Turkey insists that it cannot remain idle during the fight to drive militants from so-called Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul.

Town hall bosses call for urgent talks with the government on how they could rapidly build homes where they are needed.

Company directors could be fined up to £500,000 if their business is behind nuisance phone calls, under government moves to clamp down on the problem.