Asian markets start the week lower due to big fall in oil prices after producers fail to agree on production cut at Qatar meeting.

Nearly 250,000 people are told to leave their homes amid fears of further tremors, an aid agency says, after two powerful quakes hit Japan in two days.

A meeting of the world's leading oil producers to discuss capping output and reverse tumbling prices ends without agreement.

Harsh and inconsistent marking is putting pupils in England off studying languages beyond the age of 14, a report says.

Poorer families are losing out in the scramble for good school places, research suggests, as thousands of parents hear news of their child's primary place.

More than a third of people with Parkinson's disease feel the need to hide their symptoms or lie about having the condition, a survey by Parkinson's UK suggests.

Brazil's lower house of congress votes to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, who is accused of manipulating government figures.

Dog smuggling charges against Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard have been dropped after she admitted lying on her arrival card in Australia last year.