At least 15 people have been killed and more than 200 injured when a UN-run school used as a shelter in Gaza was shelled, the Gaza health ministry says.

Nineteen NHS trusts have been referred to ministers after auditors raised concerns about their financial health.

US death row inmate Joseph Wood takes almost two hours to die in Arizona's death chamber, and the state governor orders an inquiry.

The Tory Party is discussing the future of MP David Ruffley, who was cautioned by police for assaulting his ex-partner.

A Nottinghamshire jail where four inmates killed themselves in less than a year is described as a "prison in crisis" in a report.

A total of 167 people lost their lives off the UK coastline last year - the highest number since 2010 - the RNLI says.

The UK Supreme Court is to be asked to overturn the ban on convicted prisoners being able to vote in the Scottish independence referendum.

British experts are to begin the process of analysing the flight data recorder from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane.