Almost half of school districts in England will have more primary pupils than places within two years, analysis by local authority leaders suggests.

A record-breaking autogyro pilot from Norfolk, who doubled for Sean Connery's James Bond in You Only Live Twice, dies, aged 97.

A military court in Egypt gives supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi lengthy prison sentences after convicting them of attacking the army.

Border Force staff at Calais were told to stop searching vehicles for illegal immigrants to deal with queues at passport control, the public spending watchdog says.

Richard III suffered from a roundworm infection, a team studying the remains of the king says.

The moustachioed Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot will return in 2014 in a new novel by Sophie Hannah, with the backing of Agatha Christie's family.

Scientists believe they have discovered a new reason why we need to sleep - it replenishes a type of brain cell.

More than 300,000 attempts were made to access pornographic websites at the Houses of Parliament in the past year, official records suggest.