Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Mount Everest, will be given a state funeral, the New Zealand government said today.

An independent report into the breast cancer assessments of nearly 7,000 women by a suspended radiologist in the North will be published today.

The British government launched its own inquiry today into the breast cancer assessment of nearly 7,000 women by a suspended radiologist in Northern Ireland.

Ruth Handler, who created Barbie, the world's most popular doll, has died aged 85.