UK

The state pension is due to rise by 4% in April, giving an extra £460 a year to recipients. 

The first Paralympians have arrived back in the UK after the Paris Games came to an end on Sunday. 

An unusually-shaped plane has landed at London's Heathrow Airport to deliver spare parts. 

Apple is launching its latest iPhone in what is billed to be its biggest release of the year. 

Ministers are racing to finalise a £1.25bn deal with Tata Steel, the owner of Britain's biggest steelworks, amid fading hopes of a similarly consensual agreement with the industry's second-largest player. 

Japan's controversial dolphin hunting season has begun, despite opposition from around the world. 

A major US-led search for what would be the first ever great white shark recorded in either Irish or British waters has concluded without success. 

Police have launched an internal investigation after NFL star Tyreek Hill was detained on his way to his team's first game of the season. 

Actress Ali Bastian says she has been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and is receiving chemotherapy ahead of a mastectomy and radiotherapy. 

The Metropolitan Police has said it is "very likely" arrests will be made more quickly when it handles large protests in the future.