Some Labour MPs have told the chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party that leader Ed Miliband should stand down, the BBC understands.

An effigy of Alex Salmond was blown up during bonfire celebrations in Lewes despite assurances that it would not be burned.

A UN-backed court says it will not take action over Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound ship in 2010, even though it believes war crimes may have been committed.

British intelligence agencies have policies allowing staff to access confidential communications between lawyers and their clients, official documents reveal.

The title of the seventh film in the Star Wars franchise is announced on Twitter.

The drummer of hard rock group AC/DC, Phil Rudd, appears in a New Zealand court on charges of attempting to arrange a murder.

A new malware targeting Apple products is affecting hundreds of thousands of users - mostly Chinese, says an online security firm.

The head of the UN mission charged with fighting Ebola tells the BBC he does not yet have the resources necessary to defeat the deadly disease.