Rail services are set to be disrupted as workers at First Great Western stage a 24-hour strike in an ongoing dispute over new trains.

The British embassy in Iran is to be reopened later, nearly four years after it was closed.

The finance ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland warn that UK government spending cuts are moving "too fast and too far".

North Sea oil revenues in the first three months of 2015 were down 75% on the previous quarter, the Scottish Conservatives say.

Jessica Ennis-Hill leads the hepathlon with just the 800m to go as Katarina Johnson-Thompson falls out of contention.

A British hostage in Yemen is released after a military intelligence operation, the Foreign Office says.

Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to retain the 100m title at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

The death toll from the Shoreham air crash where a vintage jet plummeted into traffic is thought to have risen to 11, police say.