The British public's response to the refugee crisis has been "extraordinary" and "so supportive", charities say.

Police forces in England and Wales should work together more when buying equipment in order to cut the £1.7bn they spend each year, the government says.

Austria and Germany are expecting more newcomers, with thousands of migrants travelling from Hungary on Saturday after Budapest eased travel restrictions.

More than 5,500 alleged sex crimes in UK schools were reported to the police in the last three years, with a fifth carried out by other children.

Australia all-rounder Shane Watson retires from Test cricket with immediate effect at the age of 34.

Trains return to the Scottish Borders with the opening of the longest new domestic railway built in Britain for over a century.

A man is arrested after a woman in her 50s and a man in his 80s are stabbed to death at a care home in north-east London.

Leading charities say they will commit to a "strengthened" fundraising code to stop vulnerable donors being exploited.