Scientists have sequenced the first ancient human genomes from Ireland - throwing light on the genesis of Celtic populations.

Smokers are being urged not to dismiss early signs of a debilitating disease as simply a smoker's cough, in a new campaign in England.

Motorhead frontman Lemmy has died aged 70 after being diagnosed with cancer, the British rock band announces.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Islamic State militants will be ousted from the country, after government forces retook Ramadi.

Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there.

Meadowlark Lemon, the US basketball player known as the clown prince of the Harlem Globetrotters, dies at 83.

Firefighters bring under control a "massive" blaze at a building near to a number of textiles factories in Leicester.

A fresh storm threatens to bring more flooding misery to parts of the UK, including areas already devastated by rising waters.