The girls from Bournemouth School for Girls have been chosen to represent the UK in Athens.

Ibi Akhtar, from west London, is starting the fundraising challenge in Crete, where his friend died.

A firefighter says this week's mega-blaze which reached the outskirts of Athens was like a war.

Milder winds and extensive efforts by the emergency services have helped bring the blaze under control.

Greece has seen summer wildfires before but this time the flames came perilously close to the capital.

Hundreds of firefighters have been tackling blazes, with efforts continuing through the night.

The Greek capital was covered in a haze of dust which has blown from the Sahara desert.

Greece becomes the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage.