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.

Donald Trump is considering cancelling a series of concerts after a number of artists pulled out - and holding a political-style rally instead.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief has visited the province hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), urging residents to seek treatment and practice safe burials.

A meteor travelling at 75,000mph caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the US on Saturday afternoon.

Heavy rain is threatening to delay the search for two people missing in a flooded cave in Laos.  

The UK is set to welcome fresher conditions on Sunday as a record-breaking heatwave gives way to cooler temperatures and sporadic rain.

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

The Oscar-winning editor of the original Star Wars films, Marcia Lucas, has died aged 80.