The US Coast Guard is preparing to sink a derelict Japanese fishing boat that has drifted across the Pacific to the Alaskan coast since the March 2011 tsunami.

The UN Security Council urges Syria to implement a peace plan "urgently and visibly", as Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns the crisis is getting worse.

Official figures show more than half of secondary schools in England are already an academy or are seeking to become one.

A lawsuit by media giant Viacom against Google over copyrighted videos on YouTube can be heard in court again.

The number of women dying from cancer of the womb - known as uterine cancer - has increased by more than 15% in the past decade, according to the charity Cancer Research UK.

The UK fertility regulator is seeking to reduce the taboo around egg and sperm donation by encouraging altruistic donation.

Tax and benefit changes announced by Chancellor George Osborne over the past 18 months are set to come into force on Friday, affecting millions of people.

Hosepipe bans affecting about 20 million customers have been introduced by seven water authorities in parts of southern and eastern England.