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French police searching for a gunman who shot dead three children and a rabbi have surrounded a house in Toulouse.

The Welsh Ambulance Service is criticised for slow responses to two men in separate cases even though paramedics were available.

George Osborne is set to announce a significant further increase in personal tax allowances in Wednesday's Budget, the BBC understands.

Former Olympic medallist Steve Cram on the difficult decision facing an athlete over when to call it a day

French police searching for a gunman who has shot dead four people have carried out a pre-dawn raid in the city of Toulouse.

The Chancellor George Osborne announces the top rate of income tax will be cut to 45p, in his Budget on Wednesday.

Freedom of the City of Birmingham is given to five regiments that make up the Foot Guards.

Papers anticipate Osborne's Budget

A Russian court dismisses an appeal to ban an edition of the Hindu holy book Bhagvad Gita, in a case that triggered protests in India.

A New Zealand minister is resigning over his "error in judgment" involving two letters to help a female friend's accident compensation claim.

The US government will not impose sanctions on Japan and 10 European Union nations that have reduced their oil imports from Iran.

The advertising watchdog clears publicity material for the NSPCC after complaints that its reference to child abuse was "disturbing and offensive".

Maoist rebels in eastern India extend to late Wednesday a deadline for their demands to be met for the release of two Italian hostages.

Oil prices climb as concerns about supply overshadow Saudi Arabia's pledge to boost its crude output by a quarter if needed.

President Barack Obama is due to visit the demilitarised zone on South Korea's border with the North on Sunday before a nuclear summit in Seoul.

Guitar legend Wilko Johnson talks about his life and times

The vernal equinox has taken place, signalling the start of spring in the northern hemisphere. Try our spring quiz.

Will we ever be able to grow replacement hands?

Tiny shrimp-like creatures known as copepods break through the ocean's surface and leap through the air to escape predators, US scientists say.

Engineers in the US say they have invented a hydrogen-powered robot that moves through water like a jellyfish.