More than 2,000 staff from the collapsed UK parcel delivery firm City Link are to be made redundant on New Year's Eve, the RMT union says.

Snow and ice strand 15,000 vehicles in the French Alps, snarling up holiday traffic to and from ski resorts.

A man is charged with murder and attempted murder over a double shooting in Sheffield City centre, in which shots were fired at a car at traffic lights.

Malaysian PM Najib Razak announces extra money to help victims of the country's worst floods in decades, which have left at least five dead.

AirAsia flight QZ8501 travelling from Indonesia to Singapore with more than 160 people on board has gone missing, the company says.

Former US President George Bush Sr remains in hospital but could be discharged soon, his spokesman says.

Police should crack down on binge drinking to stop hospital staff becoming distracted by disorderly drunks, a leading doctor says.

Spending by tourists visiting the UK is set to reach record levels in 2015, with the government forecasting that overseas visitors will splash out £22bn.