A blaze near Bordeaux has torn through more than 162 sq miles (420 sq km) in less than four days, while the Madrid region is seeing its worst fires ever.

The sentencing hearing of Robert Bush hears how the funeral parlour was likened to a "horror scene".

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

Aaron Strachan was told he may never be released from prison after abducting and raping the girl in Edinburgh last year.

The Ukrainian president became the new prime minister's first international visitor since taking office.

The singer also reveals she has received treatment for skin cancer, but vows to keep singing.

Shahin Ahmed's seven-year-old son remains in a critical condition after being pulled from the water.

Iran has reacted with fury to the assault on the vessel, with Tehran's foreign minister saying it "cannot go unanswered".

His agent pays tribute to the "multi-talented" broadcaster, comedian and conservationist.

Much of eastern England is under amber alerts from Wednesday as temperatures rise to the mid-30s Celsius again.