In a speech on Friday, he will begin to set out his vision for government, before becoming prime minister next week.

The London mayor is to be joined by broadcaster June Sarpong and former union chief Christina McAnea in the Lords.

All UK nations have experienced recent heatwave conditions but in southern England, the heatwave has now continued for 13 days. Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at how unusual this spell of heat is, and when we might see it easing.

An NHS trial over 10 years followed nearly 3,500 men who received focal therapy, a less invasive treatment.

The uncle of a man being held on suspicion of murder tells the BBC his legs "went like jelly" when he heard his nephew had been arrested.

Advisers are asking the government to consider introducing MenB jabs following concerns over an outbreak in Kent earlier this year, in which two people died.