A mother and her three children, who were killed in a house fire in Bootle, Merseyside, have been named.
Three people have been charged with assaulting an emergency worker following protests in Gosport as a boat carrying migrants was rescued at sea.
A British businessman and an adviser to a quango funded by the UK government have each been jailed for 16 years after brokering illegal arms deals to send fighter jets and weapons to war zones.
A new report is calling for a National Resilience Corps (NRC), formed of tens of thousands of volunteers, to strengthen Britain's security preparedness.
Britain is to join a major new ocean science programme led by the European Union, as Andy Burnham's government seeks closer ties with the bloc.