Gold medal-winning cyclist Joanna Rowsell says she wants her success to inspire girls, who, like her, live with alopecia.
A girl with a rare genetic condition which made her body age eight times faster than normal dies at the age of 17.
A full dictionary of the extinct language of ancient Mesopotamia has been completed after 90 years of work.
A former eye surgeon from Egypt, he took over the terror network after the killing of Osama Bin Laden in 2011.
Up to 50 people are killed in air strikes on schools and hospitals in northern Syria, the UN says, calling the attacks a "blatant" violation of international law.
Iraq's PM condemns IS's destruction of an ancient landmark as troops advance in Mosul's Old City.
Sir Paul McCartney is to write his first original orchestral score for a ballet performance, it is announced.
Studios behind The Hobbit: take legal action against low-budget studio The Asylum, accusing its new film Age of the Hobbits of trademark infringement.
Peter Sarstedt, best known for his number one hit Where Do You Go To (My Lovely), dies aged 75.
Larry Steinbachek, the former keyboardist with 1980s pop group Bronski Beat, dies at the age of 56.
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