A 65-year-old man arrested as part of the Operation Yewtree investigation into alleged historical sexual offences has been released without charge.

Ed Balls says a future Labour government would have "iron discipline" on spending - with winter fuel payments, free schools and police commissioners all facing curbs.

Hollywood actor Michael Douglas did not say he developed throat cancer because of oral sex, his spokesman says.

MPs have questioned whether the UK's charity regulator is fit for purpose, after it failed to spot a charity apparently set up for tax avoidance.

Turkey's Kesk trade union confederation prepares for a two-day strike in support of anti-government protests, in which two have now died.

A man in the US state of Mississippi faces five charges of sending letters laced with ricin to President Barack Obama and two other officials.

Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock resigns the party whip while he contests allegations of sexual assault brought in a civil case by a constituent.

A British man dies after being struck by a falling rock in a climbing accident on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, in the US.