Across South Africa, people are gathering to celebrate the life of the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela, who has died aged 95.

Police officers on duty in the area of the police helicopter crash in Glasgow as a fresh appeal is made for witnesses.

Six men are detained in central Mexico over the robbery earlier this week of a truck containing radioactive material from a hospital.

Victims of crime could benefit from a "landmark" case which saw a man jailed for a series of sex assaults and rape, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

An appeal by British charities to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines raises more than £73m in a month, charities say.

US citizen Merrill Newman arrives in the Chinese capital, Beijing, after being deported from North Korea following more than a month in detention there.

Thousands of people eventually diagnosed with cancer are not being referred to specialists quickly enough by GPs, NHS England figures suggest.

Communities on the east coast of England are assessing the damage caused by the worst tidal surge for 60 years, as the clean-up operation continues.