Scientists at Cardiff University say they have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of the most common form of leukaemia.

An online appeal by a Manchester children's hospice for knitted chicks boosts its flock to an "unexpected" more than 6,300.

The Co-operative Group reports losses of £2.5bn, the worst results in its 150-year history, after what its chief executive calls a "disastrous" year.

Dozens of civilians sheltering in a UN base in the South Sudan city of Bor have been killed in an attack by armed youths, the UN says.

Channel Tunnel rail services are expected to return to normal on Good Friday morning after being hit by severe disruption.

Female insects with 'penises' have been discovered in Brazil - the first example of an animal with sex-reversed genitalia.

BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson takes on former snooker world champion Ken Doherty in this week's predictions

An 18-year-old British man has died in Syria, the Foreign Office confirms.