More than 3,000 people strip naked and are painted blue for a Spencer Tunick photoshoot to mark Hull's City of Culture festival.

The British government rejects an online petition signed by 4.1 million people calling for a new referendum on whether to leave the European Union.

Tony Blair says the world would be "in a worse position" had he not taken the decision to invade Iraq.

While European leaders dreamt of an intertwined economy across Europe 43 years ago, the British people desired something else.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the EU has "no need to be particularly nasty in any way" in the negotiations with Britain about its exit from the bloc.

Germany and France led demands for Britain to negotiate a quick divorce from the European Union, with Paris warning that populism will otherwise take hold after the vote to leave the bloc sent shockwaves around the world.

A petition calling for a second referendum on UK's membership of the EU gains more than one million signatures following the vote to leave.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic and seven-time winner Roger Federer are drawn to meet in the semi-finals of this year's Wimbledon which starts on Monday.

Hollywood actor David Schwimmer says Britain is underestimating the number of children who are victims of sexual abuse.

Politicians are making their final pitch for votes on the last day of campaigning before the EU referendum.

Bangladeshi youth to receive Queen’s Young Leaders Award 2016 for his leading role in transforming the lives of others and making a lasting difference in his community.

A British ex-serviceman abandons his Mount Everest climb some 500m from the summit to save a fellow mountaineer.

The US, UK and France urge the UN to begin air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas in Syria.

Shaminda Eranga has been reported with a suspect bowling action during the second Test against England, which the host won at Chester-le-Street on Monday.

French finance officials have raided the Paris offices of US internet giant Google as part of a tax fraud investigation.

The former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, has been granted refugee status in the UK, according to his lawyer.

Prime Minister David Cameron has bought a £1,500 used car as a "cheap run-around" for his wife, according to the salesman he bought it from.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave the UK today for Bulgaria on a three-day official visit to attend the Global

Donald Trump says he is unlikely to have a good relationship with David Cameron because the British prime minister cast the US presidential candidate as "divisive, stupid and wrong" for proposing a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says he is not demanding "any apology from anybody" after UK Prime Minister David Cameron labelled his country "fantastically corrupt".