Jennifer Rigby

Forget exploding cigars. The latest from the fractious relationship between the United States and Cuba brings things into the 21st century: via social networking.

Two grooms on the cake, two aisles in the venue, and plenty of champagne: what’s on the to-do list ahead of the first gay weddings in England and Wales this week.

Smartphone apps have changed dating for gay and straight people forever – or have they?

From actress Ellen Page to diver Tom Daley, a host of high-profile stars have shocked – well, no-one really, it is 2014 after all – by coming out as gay or bisexual in recent months.

A Conservative county councillor in Lincolnshire apologises on Twitter after posting a picture of women posing in underwear in reference to all-women shortlists.

As US scientists confirm they have new evidence of what happened just after the Big Bang as well as how it has shaped the universe since, what are the other game-changing scientific breakthroughs?

We chased after Prince all day – then we eventually found him in the Electric Ballroom in Camden and it was amazing…

Six seconds of video? That’s as ridiculous as writing a message in just 140 characters. It’ll never catch on…

“We shouldn’t say you’re not allowed in, but then send all our old-age pensioners to Spain.” Channel 4 News spoke to sixth form students for their rarely heard take on the immigration debate.

No-one really asks young people about immigration – despite politicians and pundits alike claiming it affects their future. So Channel 4 News went to Sandwell College, in Birmingham, to find out more.

Do the French in London care about the Francois Hollande “scandal”. We hit the streets to find out. Spoiler alert: the answer was “Non!”

Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie fires an aide who it is claimed orchestrated traffic chaos in an act of political score settling.

Back to work, the weather is still appalling and it is best not to even mention the cricket. But 2014 has potential, and here’s why.

An American development worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan over two years ago appeals to President Barack Obama to help secure his release.

As military top brass warn of an obsession with “exquisite” equipment and the RAF opens up UK drone HQ, Channel 4 News asks if the next generation of battles will be fought not by man, but by machine.