A 15-year-old girl has died in a water-related incident during the heatwave.

A former chief executive of Marks and Spencer has been appointed by the government to get more than one million young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) into work.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman in her 80s was found dead, police said.

Police in Scotland have discovered a cannabis farm worth around £174,000.

Almost 100 homes have been evacuated following reports of ground movement in a former mining village in Clackmannanshire.

Police have launched an appeal after two rare miniature horses were stolen from a farm in Kent.

Arsenal will host a party in north London this weekend as the club celebrates winning its first Premier League title in 22 years, with hundreds of thousands of fans set to join the festivities.

A 16-year-old has been charged with murder after a teenage boy was fatally stabbed in east London.

A blood test designed to detect multiple cancers could offer "genuine hope" for people with some types of the disease, experts say.

Former England footballer Raheem Sterling has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving, Sky News understands.