The Conservatives select Christine Emmett as their candidate for the Corby by-election, replacing Louise Mensch.

The government is going ahead with its plan to ban retailers from imposing excessive charges on people who pay by debit or credit card.

A private funeral service is held for the first man on the Moon, US astronaut Neil Armstrong, who died last week at the age of 82.

UK house prices jumped by a "surprising" 1.3% in August, according to the Nationwide building society.

Thieves in Canada steal millions of dollars worth of highly prized maple syrup from a warehouse, Quebec police say.

Firefighters in southern Spain are struggling to control a huge wildfire that is blazing on the edges of the resort of Marbella on the Costa del Sol.

Up to 10,000 summer visitors to California's Yosemite park may have been exposed to a rare and deadly virus transmitted by mouse droppings, US officials say.

Convicted sex offenders now have the right to appeal against having to register with the police for life.