The Queen will be among the first to visit the gardens on display at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The Unite union is expected to debate ending its link with Labour when it meets for its July conference, sources tell the BBC.

The UN condemns the refusal of south-east Asian countries to rescue thousands of migrants adrift in the Andaman Sea.

Australian-born former Grand Slam tennis star Bob Hewitt is jailed for six years by a South African court for raping underage girls.

Texas police say 192 people are to face charges of organised crime after the Waco bike-gang shooting that left nine people dead and 18 others injured.

There has been a rise in the number of parents "living their lives through their ambitions for their children", the head teacher of Eton says.

Prince Charles is to meet Gerry Adams in Galway on Tuesday, in what will be a historic meeting for the British Royal Family and Sinn Féin.

Sinn Fein is to be represented at events during Prince Charles's visit to Ireland this week, president Gerry Adams says.