The French far-right's Jean-Marie Le Pen is expelled from the National Front he founded, after a feud with daughter and party leader Marine.

The proportion of people with dementia is levelling-off in parts of Western Europe - and even falling in the UK - according to a report by University of Cambridge scientists.

Government plans to extend tax breaks for the British film industry, in a bid to attract more blockbusters to be filmed in the UK, are approved by the EU.

A new study confirms humans' status as a unique super predator, and points to ways our impacts on other species could be lessened.

Britain failed to prosecute a member of the intelligence services who passed secrets to Russia in World War Two out of fear of embarrassment, National Archives files reveal

Scotland's economy has seen its longest period of uninterrupted growth since 2001, according to the Scottish government's chief economist.

A former senior prosecutor says evidence at the Glasgow bin lorry inquiry suggests driver Harry Clarke should have been charged with criminal offences.

Australia's Maggie Kirkpatrick, star of the TV drama Prisoner, is sentenced to community service after being found guilty of sexually abusing a teenager.