VoteKansas.org

TV retail guru Mary Portas vows to lift a "gagging order" on High Street traders taking part in a reality show about a government regeneration scheme.

Twenty-four hours of news photos: 14 June

British Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington has told the BBC why she has given up on Twitter.

Crowds demonstrate against electoral reform in Togo's capital, Lome, in a third day of protests which have been violent.

The creditors of Rangers formally rejected a CVA proposal which would have allowed the club to trade its way out of administration.

Why young Greeks in rural areas are set to embrace Syriza

Can there be a breadline if everyone can afford bread?

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 has always been believed a male-dominated affair, but new research shows the role of women.

Simon Weston and Tony Banks served during the Falklands conflict and spoke to BBC Breakfast about their experiences of the war, and gave their views on the future of the islands.

Toby Flood will replace Owen Farrell at fly-half in England's starting line-up for the second Test against South Africa.

A Peruvian mayor, Oscar Mollohuanca, who faced five months in preventative custody over anti-mining protests is released after 11 days.

The rise of inflammatory bowel diseases could be down to our shifting diets promoting "bad bacteria", according to US researchers.

The doctor who carried out a post mortem examination on the body of the County Tyrone teacher tells her murder trial she was involved in a violent struggle before her death.

Pedestrian crossings do not allow older people enough time to cross the road, a report warns.

Readers' photos on the theme heritage

A soldier from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards is killed on patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.

The number of children living in poverty in the UK fell by 300,000 last year as household incomes dropped, official figures reveal.

A massive explosion at a government-owned steel plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has killed at least 11 people, police say.

A Guatemalan court approves the extradition to the US of Horst Overdick, accused of being a key link with the Mexico's Zetas drug gang.

A man is killed and another is critically ill in hospital after a double shooting in Liverpool.