A six-year-old girl dies and two other children are injured after falling into a canal in Kidderminster.

In a forthcoming BBC documentary, Mayor of London Boris Johnson admits he would like to be prime minister, but insists "it's not going to happen".

A Comic Relief sketch featuring Rowan Atkinson as the Archbishop of Canterbury draws more than 2,200 complaints to the BBC.

Introducing a cap on elderly care costs in England could leave councils open to a "deluge of disputes and legal challenges", MPs and peers are warning.

A rising number of parents in England have been fined for allowing their children to miss school, figures show.

Al-Qaeda militants tell a Mauritanian news agency they have killed French hostage Philippe Verdon, because of France's intervention in Mali.

Students at an Oxford college have called for the reinstatement of a librarian they say was sacked after a Harlem Shake video was filmed in a library.

Long-distance lorry drivers who drink coffee have fewer road traffic accidents, research suggests.