A Tory MP who called for child migrants arriving in the UK from Calais to have their teeth tested to verify their ages is condemned by a dentists' group.

Plans to make all children who fail their end-of-primary-school tests sit them again in secondary are scrapped in a government U-turn.

A photo of an orangutan climbing high into a tree to reach some figs takes the top honour in the 2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

The wreck of a German U-boat that sank almost 100 years ago is discovered by engineers laying subsea power cables.

Ten-month-old Joshua is one of hundreds of children admitted to hospital each year after being burned by hair straighteners.

Jimmy Savile's flat in Leeds, where the disgraced broadcaster lived for more than 30 years, is demolished.

A complaint from a Channel 4 presenter about a column written by Kelvin MacKenzie in The Sun newspaper is not upheld.

The European Space Agency is still waiting for confirmation that its Schiaparelli probe has landed on Mars, but it has succeeded in parking a new satellite above the planet.