Lightning strikes lit up the sky across the UK during the early hours of Friday as thunderstorms were triggered by the intense heat.

A 98-year-old man defeats a reporter nearly 70 years his junior in a garden press-ups contest.

Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older

The BBC's security correspondent analyses the details of the plan, and what they mean for the UK's armed forces.

The undersea links between some of the UK's most northerly islands could be in place within eight years.

As parts of Europe continue to swelter in record temperatures, higher temperatures could develop again across the UK later this week, as Simon King explains.