MPs overwhelmingly back, by 397 votes to 223, UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria - with an estimated 67 Labour MPs supporting military action.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russian allegations he is directly involved in the illegal oil trade with Islamic State militants are "slander".

The Home Office is criticised for failing to complete a project to boost UK border security, despite spending at least £830 million on it over the past 12 years.

Voters will go to the polls on Thursday to elect a new MP for Oldham West and Royton in the first by-election of the current Parliament.

More than 15,000 unsafe hoverboards - otherwise known as self-balancing scooters - have been seized at ports and airports around the UK.

Two heavily armed suspects - one male and one female - are killed by police after a mass shooting in California left 14 people dead.

Australian officials say they believe missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is likely in the southern end of their Indian Ocean search zone.

A woman dies after rejecting life-saving kidney treatment because she felt she had lost her "sparkle" and did not want to get old.