An assault rifle used in seven unsolved murders has been discovered on public display at the Imperial War Museum.

Many supposedly "healthy" fruit snacks aimed at children contain more sugar than a bag of sweets, says campaign group Action on Sugar.

David Cameron will try to persuade German Chancellor Angela Merkel to back him over EU reforms as the two leaders hold face-to-face talks.

An Islamist rebel coalition has seized one of the last cities in western Idlib province held by the Syrian government, activists say.

Engineers produce a "shape memory alloy" that can pop back into shape more than 10 million times, shattering previous records for this type of material.

A new "blanket ban" on so-called legal highs will carry prison sentences of up to seven years, the government says.

Campaigners are calling on the government to do more to commemorate the sinking of the troopship Lancastria, one of the worst maritime disasters of World War Two.

Authorities in the Australian state of Victoria say young women are being lured by romantic notions to the Middle East to join Islamic State.