Schools where pupils fail to get good GCSE grades in English and maths should face a levy to support retakes in FE colleges, says a think tank.

People who work illegally in England and Wales face up to six months in prison, under proposals to be included in the forthcoming Immigration Bill.

The Foreign Office says it is "urgently working" with Canadian authorities to learn the identity of the victims of a plane crash in which six people died.

Labour's four leadership candidates are expected to meet acting party leader Harriet Harman, amid claims the vote may be infiltrated by the party's opponents.

Chinese stocks continue to tumble, though elsewhere in Asia stocks saw modest gains after global markets had been rocked by dramatic losses in the past days.

Some of the living conditions in which the most dangerous prisoners are kept have been criticised by Her Majesty's Inspector of Prisons.

A budget-priced 3D-printed robotic hand for amputees is the UK winner of 2015's James Dyson Award for engineering design.

The driver of a Daimler limousine is named as the fourth victim of the Shoreham air crash in which 10 other people are believed to have died.