Some Labour MPs have told the chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party that leader Ed Miliband should stand down, the BBC understands.

The title of the seventh film in the Star Wars franchise is announced on Twitter.

An effigy of Alex Salmond was blown up during bonfire celebrations in Lewes despite assurances that it would not be burned.

A UN-backed court says it will not take action over Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound ship in 2010, even though it believes war crimes may have been committed.

The US says it has carried out air strikes against the al-Qaeda-linked Khorasan group in Syria, whom it accuses of planning attacks on the West.

British intelligence agencies have policies allowing staff to access confidential communications between lawyers and their clients, official documents reveal.

A seven-year-old girl is injured when a Nottinghamshire police officer accidentally discharges a gun in front of a group of children.

The drummer of hard rock group AC/DC, Phil Rudd, appears in a New Zealand court on charges of attempting to arrange a murder.