One in four people say they are "less likely" to trust police after accusations of misconduct by officers in the "Plebgate" row, a poll for the BBC finds.

New revelations in Le Monde newspaper allege the US National Security Agency spied on French diplomats in Washington and at the UN.

A cemetery in the US state of Ohio angers the family of a military veteran by removing a SpongeBob SquarePants headstone from her grave.

Experts have found the first venomous crustacean - a centipede-like creature that lives in underwater caves.

The Labour Party criticises the Royal Mail privatisation as a hedge fund becomes the company's biggest investor.

Dr. Neil Stewart, an expert in the psychology of economic decisions, argues that people can be too scared to switch banks.

Kenya's army chief denies troops looted during last month's siege at a Nairobi mall, after CCTV images showed soldiers in a supermarket.

Apple shows off a new thinner top-of-the range iPad, which it says is lighter than any other full-sized tablet on the market.