Britain's loudest bird, the bittern, has enjoyed its best year on record in England with breeding males now topping 100 for the first time since 1911, conservationists say.

The government tells councils to stop asking residents questions about their sexuality, race and health in future surveys.

The Park Hill estate in Sheffield, one of the UK's most iconic and infamous housing developments, is taken over by 250 actors as they stage a play in its corridors and courtyards.

Angry Birds is among more than a dozen video games whose music will feature in a classical concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

European markets fall in morning trading on fears of a new global economic downturn, as they await key US jobs data.

Swindon Town manager Paolo di Canio says striker Leon Clarke will never play for the club again.

Turkey is expelling Israel's ambassador after details emerge of a UN report into last year's raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in which nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists died.

Southampton defender Dan Seaborne is found with serious head injuries after being attacked outside a nightclub in the city.