The number of people who have fled the fighting in Ukraine has doubled in weeks, and the UN says more than a million have now been displaced.

Pupils up to the age of seven in England will be entitled to a free hot school lunch from this week, as schools re-open for the new term.

Gordon Brown says an independent Scotland would become "an international outcast" if it refused to accept a share of UK debt.

Corals stir up the water, creating vortices that draw in nutrients and drive away waste, research reveals.

A British activist who campaigns for better labour conditions is set to go on trial in Thailand charged with criminal defamation.

A former terror suspect criticises government anti-terrorism plans as "rehashing of old policies" which will "disenfranchise" UK Muslims.

Major of London Boris Johnson says plans for an airport in the Thames Estuary, dubbed "Boris Island", are not dead despite a commission looking into the UK's airport needs rejecting the idea.

Russia is to adjust its military doctrine as a result of the Ukraine crisis and Nato's increasing presence in eastern Europe, a top Russian official says.