The prime minister boasted that foreign university students will no longer be allowed to bring family members to the UK in the post.

Some social media users reported seeing Easter eggs on shelves as early as December 24.

"Barrowman says how he organises his affairs isn't a matter of public debate. It is when he breaks the law", a tax expert has pointed out.

Tributes have been paid as Will Young, Scott Derrickson and Aneurin Barnard.

Kate and Gerry McCann vowed to persevere in the search for their daughter.

Now that's rock 'n' roll: Green Day have kicked the new year off with a bang, sticking a middle-finger up towards Donald Trump.

Muhammad Yunus, who founded Grameen Telecom to help impoverished people, was sentenced to six months in prison but was granted bail pending an appeal.

The Brit Awards and the arrival of the fifth Indiana Jones film were among the other showbiz highlights in the past 12 months.

She has joined the Dignitas assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.