Erraid Davies, who became the youngest ever Commonwealth Games medal winner in 2014, has been told she is no longer disabled enough to compete in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio.

Workers at BAE Systems' shipyards on the Clyde warn they will fight to avoid further redundancies, after being told of delays to vital contracts.

EU nations agree to draw up a blacklist of tax havens in the wake of the Panama Papers leaks.

A stellar line-up of actors and performers are marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death at events across the UK this weekend.

More than 30,000 non-EU students each year have had their visas curtailed by the Home Office in the past three years, figures obtained by BBC News show.

Restaurants should offer tap water to families eating out rather than waiting for customers to ask for it, say councils in England and Wales.

More than 100,000 patients are expected to have appointments postponed or operations delayed as a result of next week's strike by junior doctors, NHS England says.

Leave campaigners accuse Barack Obama of doing Downing Street's bidding - after he says the UK would be at "the back of the queue" for US trade deals if it left the EU.