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.

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.

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. 

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

Actor Noel Clarke has pleaded not guilty to six sexual offences.

An amber wind warning has been issued for the South West of England on Friday, with gusts of up to 80mph expected.

Exceeding a key global climate target is now "imminent and unavoidable", United Nations (UN) scientists have warned.

Brazilian butt lifts and other cosmetic procedures that inject filler into parts of the body will only be performed by doctors under new government rules to crackdown on "cosmetic cowboys".