There are now more adults in the world classified as obese than underweight, a major study suggests.

Business Secretary Sajid Javid returns from a trip to Australia to meet Port Talbot steelworkers, insisting the government is "on their side".

The new mandatory National Living Wage comes into force, requiring employers to pay workers aged 25 and over at least £7.20 an hour.

A man is charged with the murder of two people following an argument at a property in Kent.

A teenager who stabbed a 16-year-old to death in an Aberdeen school is due to be sentenced later.

China and the United States will work together to prevent further nuclear missile tests by North Korea, US President Barack Obama says.

An all-star tribute concert to David Bowie, announced hours before he died in January, takes place in New York.

Police forces in England and Wales are to begin recruiting an extra 1,500 firearms officers to help protect the public from terrorism, David Cameron says.