HEADLINES

The US removed its bombers from RAF Fairford partly because of a reported threat of a possible Iranian drone attack against the base, American officials have said.

Lord Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86.

The Met Office has poured cold water on claims the UK is about to be "smashed" by snow and "plunging" temperatures.

A British Airways flight descended more than 27,000 feet within minutes after a "technical issue" caused it to declare an emergency and return to London.

A former music pastor who was once a contestant on the TV talent show American Idol was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of the murder of his wife.

The US says it is "closely monitoring" the situation after the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against police following his arrest earlier this year, with a private hearing taking place at the High Court on Thursday.

An Afghan refugee who fatally stabbed a man walking his dog in a random attack has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

Two people, including a teenage pupil, were killed when a school bus crashed in central Florida.

A woman was crushed to death by a pile of bricks as she walked past a construction site after doing the school run, a court has heard.