A former policing minister says the police and the BBC have "serious questions to answer" over a report on a search of Sir Cliff Richard's home.

Liberia admits 17 suspected Ebola patients are "missing" after a health centre was attacked, as the UN calls for stricter screening at airports.

Pope Francis lifts the ban on the beatification of murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, imposed over his suspected Marxist views.

The risk of an eruption at Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has increased, as well as the risk level to the aviation industry, meteorologists say.

Africa's elephants have reached a tipping point, where more are being killed each year by poachers than are being born, a study suggests.

The mother of a seven-year-old child who battled cancer is facing prosecution for not sending her to school.

Complaints about payday loan middlemen - so-called credit broking websites - more than double in the last year, according to the Financial Ombudsman.

Parents worried about their children getting involved in gangs can now seek support from a new telephone helpline, children's charity NSPCC says.