A veteran BBC local radio DJ loses his job after playing a song on his golden oldies show containing a racist word.

Now TV, an internet streaming service powered by Sky, says it will refund customers after a number of people experienced viewing problems during the final day of the Premier League season.

A ceasefire to end a five-month conflict in South Sudan comes into effect, with the UN urging both sides to facilitate deliveries of emergency aid.

The education secretary's "cash raid" to prop up his free schools policy makes headlines, and there is also coverage of a "sacking" prompted by the playing of "The Sun Has Got His Hat On".

Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's two eastern regions are to hold "self-rule" referendums - a move condemned by Kiev and the West.

Brazil has begun a massive military operation to secure its lengthy borders ahead of next month's World Cup.

The Commonwealth Games baton returns to the British Isles later when it arrives in Jersey for a two-day relay around the island.

A row breaks out in the coalition over school places funding, with allies of the deputy prime minister accusing the education secretary of "lunacy".