A 15-year-old self-proclaimed "Nazi" amassed a stash of deadly weapons as he discussed whether to "shoot up" his school, a court has heard.The youth, from near Market Drayton in Shropshire, pleaded...

I genuinely do not understand why anyone, on either side of the Atlantic, would waste so much as a soupçon of their breath arguing for gun control in the USA. What’s the point? America is stuck...

Sophia Forchas, 12, and Endre Gunter, 13, are fighting for their lives (Image: Handout)Two children who are battling for their lives following the devastating Minneapolis shooting have been...

Minneapolis school attacker 'obsessed with idea of killing children', officials say31 minutes agoTom BatemanBBC News, Minneapolis andMax MatzaBBC NewsGetty ImagesInvestigators say that the attacker...

Flights to a "beautiful" holiday destination from the UK have been relaunched after six years. Virgin Atlantic has announced the return of its direct flights between London and Cancun, Mexico, which...

Pope greeted by vast crowd at Catholic youth eventHundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into the Tor Vergata field on Rome's outskirts, for an evening vigil and Mass celebrated by Pope Leo...

French cities impose curfews on children after drug violence2 days agoLaura GozziBBC NewsGetty ImagesA number of French cities have imposed night-time curfews on young people following a spate of...

French cities impose curfews on children after drug violence29 minutes agoLaura GozziBBC NewsGetty ImagesA number of French cities have imposed night-time curfews on young people following a spate of...

US author Attica Locke can't wait to swap LA for Harrogate (Image: Victoria Will)Award-winning screenwriter and novelist Attica Locke has been champing at the bit to swap her home town of Los Angles...

A man suspected of carrying out shootings at the homes of two politicians and killing one in what was described as a "politically-motivated assassination," has been apprehended by police after a...

School killings leave stunned Austria and France searching for answers20 minutes agoBethany Bell & Hugh SchofieldIn Graz and ParisMatej Povse/Getty ImagesTwo shocking attacks within two hours of...

Simon Reeve's documentary lifts the lid on the shocking wave of violence sweeping across Sweden (Image: BBC)A shocking tidal wave of drug-fuelled violence in Swedenhas seen teenage “foot...

What we know about Austria school shooting3 hours agoMallory MoenchBBC NewsGetty ImagesStudents were sitting in their classrooms at a secondary school in Graz when a 21-year-old Austrian man shot...

School shooting leaves Austria's second city in shock and grief11 hours agoBethany BellBBC News in GrazThere is shock, sadness and disbelief in Graz, after the worst shooting in modern Austrian...