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

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.

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.