A rail firm and fire department appear to be pointing the finger at one another over a Canada oil train blast that has killed at least 13 people.

Ministers strongly criticise a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that whole-life tariffs breach a prisoners' human rights.

Queen guitarist Brian May tweets he will "find out" why the Freddie Mercury estate has complained about a gorilla from a Norwich public art trail.

Police officers from the rest of the UK are being brought in to support officers in Northern Ireland for 12 July Orange Order parades.

Pine Island glacier, the longest and fastest flowing glacier in the Antarctic, has spawned a huge iceberg.

The Parades Commission has ruled that the Orange Order cannot hold a parade at Ardoyne in north Belfast on the evening of 12 July.