Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped eight girls in northern Nigeria, following last month's mass abduction, police say.

Nick Clegg urges Lib Dems to shout "from the rooftops" about the party's policies, as he launches its local elections campaign.

The first 18 women cricketers to be awarded central England contracts have been named by the ECB.

Cornelius Gurlitt, the German who was found to have hoarded more than 1,400 works of art in his Munich apartment, has died, German media are reporting.

Northern Ireland's chief constable rejects allegations by Sinn Féin that the arrest of Gerry Adams was the work of a "dark side" within the PSNI.

Snooker ace Ronnie O'Sullivan is involved in a crash on the way home from defeat in the world championship final.

Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped eight girls in northern Nigeria, following last month's mass abduction, police say.

The bodies of five UK service personnel who died in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan arrive back in the UK.