A British team of researchers has developed what might be a simple blood test for cancer, scientists from the University of Bradford say.

A group of local councils in England is formally asking the government for new powers to tax large supermarkets, a plan dubbed the "Tesco tax".

Russia's foreign ministry rejects accusations from the US that its troops have been firing on Ukrainian soldiers from within Russia.

President Obama says undocumented immigrant children without legal claims to be in the US will be sent home, as he meets Central American leaders.

A judge is being investigated after being accused of falling asleep during a child rape trial at Manchester Crown Court.

A hunt is launched in Sierra Leone's capital for a woman with Ebola who was forcibly removed from hospital, as Nigeria registers its first case.

The largest flotilla ever seen on the River Clyde will sail from Greenock to Glasgow later as part of the city's Commonwealth Games celebrations.

Lightning strikes cause "major disruption" to rail services in England and south Wales.