Nine people have been convicted of running an immigration fraud linked to English tests for foreign students. Hundreds of non-EU citizens are said to have got student visas after paying fake “sitters” to take language exams on their behalf. Four people were found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of immigration …

Image copyright PA Rail bosses have agreed to hold formal talks with unions in a bid to resolve the Southern rail dispute that has left the network at a standstill. The Aslef union announced the move on the first day of a 48-hour walkout by its train driver members. It …

Media caption‘Huge concern’ as teen moped crime in London rises Crime involving mopeds has gone up by more than 600% in London in the past two years, BBC London can reveal. Met Police figures for 2016 show more than 7,500 offences, including attacks, robberies and thefts, recorded to date – …

Image copyright PA Image caption Prince Harry has confirmed he is dating the American TV actress Prince Harry has reportedly been spotted buying a Christmas tree with his girlfriend Meghan Markle at a stall in a London park. The couple apparently bought a 6ft Nordmann Fir at the Pine and …

Media captionGeorge Osborne: We share responsibility for what is happening in Syria George Osborne has told MPs that they share some responsibility for the terrible events happening in Syria. The ex-chancellor said the unfolding tragedy in Aleppo had not “come out of a vacuum” but was due to “a vacuum …

The US Senator John McCain has said that many families were changed after Pearl Harbor. He spoke during a commemoration ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the attack.

The owner of a giant inflatable snowman in Missouri has released CCTV footage of it being stabbed, in the hope of catching the assailant.

Former astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, has died aged 95. Pallab Ghosh looks back at the day he made history.

11 December 2016 Last updated at 11:05 GMT Stars of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story took to the red carpet in Hollywood for the world premiere.

Patti Smith has apologised after forgetting the words to Bob Dylan’s song, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, at his Nobel Literature Prize ceremony in Stockholm. She told the audience she was “so nervous”, and was applauded before restarting the verse. The winner himself earlier announced that he was unable to …