A British jihadi is thought to have killed himself in a suicide blast at a prison in Aleppo - the first UK citizen to carry out such an attack in Syria. The man is said to have driven a lorry into the jail and detonated a bomb yesterday.
A British citizen is believed to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria by driving a vehicle packed with explosives into Aleppo Central Prison, in an attack that is said to have freed 300 prisoners held by Syrian forces.
The man known as Abu Suleiman al-Britani, of Pakistani origin, would be the first Briton to carry out a suicide attack in Syria and he would be the eighth British citizen to die fighting since Syria's civil war began three years ago.
Aleppo Central Prison, which has been under siege by rebel groups for months, is believed to house around 4,000 prisoners.
Unison has won a "landmark" court victory against the government over controversial fees for taking claims to an employment tribunal.
The UK economy grew by 0.3% during the second quarter of 2017, up from 0.2% in the first three months of the year.
A teenage girl has been charged with terror offences after allegedly arranging with an IS fighter to receive weapons for a UK attack.