Peace talks between Ukraine's government and pro-Russian rebels, due to take place in Minsk, have been called off, Belarusian officials say.

The Queen's Christmas Day broadcast, shared by the BBC and ITV, tops the TV ratings, with comedy Mrs Brown's Boys the most-watched show on a single channel.

More than four in 10 cancers - 600,000 in the UK alone - could be prevented if people led healthier lives, say experts.

The Christmas Day announcement that parcel delivery firm City Link had gone into administration was "disgraceful", a union says.

Snow could cause disruption across large parts of the UK later with "several centimetres even at low levels", the Met Office warns.

The trial is under way in Thailand of two Burmese men charged with the murder of British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in September.

Shoppers across the UK descend on their High Street stores for the annual Boxing Day sales.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has pneumonia, Lambeth Palace says, a day after he pulled out of his Christmas Day sermon with a "severe cold".