National Headlines

Government and business websites across Europe were taken down in a bid to protect organisations after a critical software update was issued over vulnerabilities in programming language.

Police are investigating former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson over an allegation that he raped a woman in the Houses of Parliament, the PA news agency reports.

A man who was found guilty of his role in a gangland shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet lodged in her brain has been ordered to pay her compensation. 

A critical incident at a NHS Trust has ended after the number of people waiting for assessment in A&E "dropped significantly" - but hospital bosses warned patients still face "long waits".

Two men who were re-arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford can be held for up to seven days after police were given more time to question them.

Three more people have been arrested over the death of Alisha Samuels in Manchester.

A paedophile who spiked a baby's bottle with vodka before molesting her has been jailed for 12 years.

A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing a 15-year-old girl in the back at school.

A man accused of assaulting three Jewish women allegedly punched one of them in the face while she was pushing her daughter in a pram, a court heard.

A former teacher has been struck off for telling a pupil he would attend a school production of Grease if she was wearing a "low-cut crop top and tight trousers".