The UK economy shrugged off the impact of strikes to return to growth in April, according to official figures charting a pick-up in spending at the shops and in bars and restaurants.

Belarus has started to receive tactical nuclear weapons from Russia, its leader has said.

A talented hockey player has been named as one of the three people killed in the Nottingham attacks as police continue to question a 31-year-old man on suspicion of murder.

A US regulator has succeeded in a bid to temporarily block Microsoft's £55bn takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard, preventing the deal being completed this week.

A voucher scheme designed to help families afford essentials like baby formula is failing to reach over a third of eligible parents.

Donald Trump lashed out at his political opponents in an angry speech at a New Jersey fundraiser just hours after he pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges. 

All roads near schools should have a 20mph speed limit to reduce child deaths, says a safety charity.

A "complete ban" on e-cigarette advertising is needed in the UK to protect young people, a leading medical research institute has said.

Junior doctors in England go on strike today - with a warning it will have an "enormous impact on routine care for patients".

Police investigating the deaths of a man and a woman in their 40s have issued a warning after a potentially deadly synthetic opioid was identified at the scene.