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

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.

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.

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).

A proposal to display human remains at Stonehenge is endorsed by English Heritage governors, despite a druid's legal challenge.

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

A hotel owner withdraws a request for an 18th Century town clock to chime less regularly after provoking "uproar" on Facebook.