A manhunt has been launched for an escaped sex offender who was being held in secure units after raping a 10-year-old girl.

The billionaire retail tycoon Mike Ashley is closing in on a takeover of Harvey Nichols, one of Britain's best-known department store chains, in a deal which is expected to see the business briefly placed into administration.

An 11-year-old girl has died after emergency services found her in a river at a woodland park in Scotland.

British music producer William Orbit, best known for his work with artists including Madonna, Blur and All Saints, has died aged 69.

Donald Trump has hit out at a US appeals court decision to block his $400m (£297m) White House ballroom.

Spain is to impose new border controls for flights and ships from Italy as the two countries' row over the influx of migrants into Ceuta intensifies.