A rare blue supermoon could play a role in exacerbating the flooding effects of Hurricane Idalia which is heading towards Florida's west coast.

The chief executive of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has said he cannot reveal the cause of the glitch which has affected thousands of passengers but is "not ruling out anything at this stage".

The boss of Ryanair has criticised UK NATS - the air traffic control service - saying it was "not acceptable" the system had gone down without a backup.

The government has announced a fifth delay to post-Brexit checks on EU imports amid concerns the new system would fuel food inflation.

A county councillor has quit her cabinet post after she accused a government minister of "whipping up anti-Traveller feeling".

A police officer who was hit by a train while attempting to save a "distressed man" on the railway tracks has died.

A fourth member of a people smuggling gang which brought people to the UK from France and Belgium has been jailed.

Dutch prosecutors have demanded a 12-year prison sentence if a former Pakistani cricketer is found guilty of incitement to murder anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

A police officer who was hit by a train while attempting to save a "distressed man" on the railway tracks has died.

A former diplomat and serial internet entrepreneur is in talks to head the investment company which backs start-ups created from Oxford University’s academic research.