A 63-year-old woman, who was allegedly part of an internet hate campaign against the family of Madeleine McCann, is found dead in a hotel.

The deeper half of the ocean has not warmed up to any detectable degree in the last decade, but warming of the surface layer since the 1970s has been seriously underestimated, according to two new studies.

Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani goes on trial in South Africa later in connection with the death of his wife.

A post-mortem examination of the body thought to be Arnis Zalkalns, the prime suspect in the murder of Alice Gross, is to be held later.

Four-year-olds in England are to be offered the flu vaccine for the first time as part of the annual drive to get people vaccinated before the winter.

Officials in southern Mexico work to identify 28 bodies found in a mass grave, in an area where 43 students disappeared after clashing with police.

A specialist ship begins scanning the Indian Ocean seabed in the next phase of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

US hostage Peter Kassig, who is being held by IS militants in Syria, told his parents in a letter in June that he was "scared to die", they reveal.