A barrister who described a 13-year-old victim of sex abuse as "predatory" in court has resigned from the Crown Prosecution Service's rape panel of advocates.

Home Secretary Theresa May promises the government will "deport foreign criminals first, then hear their appeals".

Chancellor George Osborne says he wants to run a budget surplus in the next parliament and can do so without raising taxes.

A Kenyan parliamentary committee is to call for camps for Somali refugees to close in the wake of the Westgate mall attack, a top MP tells the BBC.

Researchers believe they have made a breakthrough in helping women who had a very early menopause to have children.

Scientists think they have found the volcano responsible for a huge eruption in the 13th Century that perturbed the climate worldwide.