Brendan Cole

On the eve of his visit to the UK, the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has sacked his top generals, tied up in the Yemen conflict.

A fifth Briton, Ellie Udall, 29, has died from her injuries 16 days after a helicopter crashed in the Grand Canyon.

Metropolitan police assistant commissioner, Mark Rowley, has said in his farewell speech that four right-wing plots were thwarted in 2017.

The new Office for Students will tackle high pay for vice-chancellors and grade inflation in a curb on UK university independence.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will outline how he wants a new relationship with the EU's single market, including tariff-free access.

Opposition activists say that Damascus has used chemical weapons on the rebel-held enclave of Ghouta, a day after a UN-brokered ceasefire was passed.

Police have said there is so far no evidence of terrorism as a cause for a blast that destroyed a shop in Leicester which injured six people, two critically.

A boy aged two and his brother aged six have died in a hit-and-run crash in the Stoke area of Coventry.

Prime minister Theresa May will allow EU citizens arriving in the UK during the Brexit transition phase, in a reversal of government policy, it has been reported.

A global manhunt is underway for billionaire diamond jeweller Nirav Modi over links to a scam with the Punjab National Bank.

The former international development secretary Andrew Mitchell says Saudi Arabia will be defeated in the conflict in Yemen.

South London grime star Stormzy beat Ed Sheeran to the big prizes and criticised Theresa May over the Grenfell tragedy.

The Cabinet did not agree to the negotiating strategy for Brexit transition pursued by UK prime minister Theresa May.

More than 250 people have been killed in intense bombing from Syrian government forces in eastern Ghouta. At least 50 children were among the dead.

Boris Johnson has allegedly told German officials that Brexit was a mess, which has been denied by friends of the foreign secretary.

Russell Bradshaw, 55, from Ryhill, Yorkshire, has been jailed for 23 years for sexual abuse of teenage boys dating back decades.

Students at universities could see their final-year exams cancelled as academics plan to increase their strikes.

Czech agent Jan Sarkocy is to be asked by British MPs to give evidence into his links with Labour politicians in the 1980s like Jeremy Corbyn.

The only known Roman boxing gloves have been found near Hadrian's Wall in the latest treasure unearthed at the Vindolanda.

Oxfam released its report into the Haiti scandal but redacted the names of aid workers involved.

The UK PM Theresa May says students in England face among the priciest university tuition in the world and often get poor value for money.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, was the big winner at the Baftas 2018, winning awards for best actress, best British film and best supporting actor.

Royal Navy Commander Justin Codd faced a court martial in Portsmouth over his role in a £2.1m prang of the nuclear submarine HMS Ambush.

The Ministry of Justice will enact an early release scheme freeing thousands of prisoners to ease overcrowding in British jails.

Foreign office minister for cybersecurity Lord Ahmad has criticised Russian military for the NotPetya attack that crippled Ukraine and 64 countries.

The South African president Jacob Zuma has resigned his position with immediate effect. He had been given a deadline of Wednesday by the ANC.

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died at age 65, his party spokesman says.

Police in Northern Ireland have launched a murder probe after a man in his 20s was gunned down in a Belfast house. It has been linked to the province's political vacuum.

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson will say that it is "intolerable" for the EU to impose laws on the UK after Brexit.