US east coast states are put on alert as storm Hermine pushes north on the long Labor Day holiday weekend.

Voting starts in the first major elections in Hong Kong since pro-democracy protests in 2014.

Enough local authority places to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next four years have been secured, Home Secretary Amber Rudd says.

Hate crime prosecutions in England and Wales fell by almost 10% last year even though the number of recorded incidents increased, figures suggest.

Britain needs to be prepared for some "difficult times" ahead as it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May says.

A shortage of new bell-ringers threatens a centuries-old tradition as a survey suggests it is getting more difficult to recruit newcomers.

Voters in north-east Germany are due to go to the polls in a vote seen as a test of Chancellor Angela Merkel's policies towards migrants and refugees.

Stan Wawrinka saves match point to beat Dan Evans but Andy Murray makes it three Britons in the US Open fourth round.