Councils should use their powers to bring empty privately-owned homes back into use for people with housing needs, says the homelessness charity Shelter Cymru.
Thousands of scarves have been wrapped around part of the York City Walls by a York woman to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
GCSEs should be taken at the age of 14, after which pupils could specialise in academic or vocational courses, says a report for the education charity The Sutton Trust.
BBC newsreaders took pop star Lady Gaga as their inspiration at this year's BBC Children in Need fundraising telethon, which has raised more than £18 million so far.
