The blobfish, a threatened gelatinous deep-sea fish, wins a public vote as ugliest animal.

Madeleine McCann's mother Kate is expected to attend a Portuguese court later for the start of the family's libel action against a former local police chief.

Steam has been seen rising from North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility, suggesting that the reactor has been restarted, a US institute says.

Two top Islamist militants, from the US and UK, have been killed in Somalia after falling out with al-Shabab, witnesses say.

The process of selling off a majority stake in Royal Mail will begin on Thursday morning, the BBC's Newsnight programme has learned.

Some of the most dangerous prisoners in England and Wales are not being properly risk assessed before they are freed, a report from probation and prison inspectors finds.

Children should not start formal school lessons until the age of six or seven, a group of influential educationalists says.

Shares of Mitsubishi Motors fall as much as 8% after a report claims that the firm is planning to offer new stock worth 200bn yen ($2bn; £1.3bn).