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Girl, 16, dies in hang glider crash
A 16-year-old girl has died after a hang gliding crash, police said. The incident, in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, is being investigated by officers from Derbyshire Constabulary and the Air Accidents...
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Raids follow deadly Syrian protests
Syrian troops have shelled a volatile area and carried out sweeping raids, one day after security forces killed about 40 people in one of the deadliest crackdowns in months in the country's uprising,...
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Qantas grounds fleet amid strikes
Australian national carrier Qantas Airways has grounded its global fleet indefinitely in a lockout of workers whose strikes have disrupted operations for weeks. Flights in the air were continuing to...
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Hundreds stranded in Qantas dispute
Hundreds of passengers have been left stranded in Britain after airline Qantas grounded all of its flights because of a bitter industrial dispute. The Australian national carrier grounded its global...
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Prescott hits out over card claims
Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott has blamed a "cloned" government credit card for apparently excessive spending by his officials. The Labour peer said fraud was the "only explanation" for...
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PM hopeful of human rights progress
Prime Minister David Cameron said he is still hopeful that Commonwealth leaders can achieve "good progress" on tougher human rights protections amid warnings that a summit of Commonwealth leaders is...
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Tabak faces further questioning
Murderer Vincent Tabak is facing further questioning by police after being jailed for killing Joanna Yeates. The 33-year-old turned from sordid voyeur to murderer after becoming obsessed with images...
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Six killed in Afghanistan attacks
A suicide car bomber has struck a Nato convoy in Kabul, killing at least four people, Afghan officials said. In the south, a man wearing an Afghan military uniform turned his weapons on Nato and...
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Philip flips a steak on the barbie
A traditional Aussie barbie has seen the Duke of Edinburgh showing off his culinary skills. Philip could not resist entering into the spirit of the occasion and flipped a steak sizzling on a grill as...
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17 killed in Afghanistan attacks
A suicide car bomber has struck a Nato convoy in Kabul, killing at least 17 people, Afghan officials said. Nato said 13 service members, all of them American, were killed. Afghan officials had said...
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Broadcaster Jimmy Savile, 84, dies
The veteran DJ and broadcaster Sir Jimmy Savile has died, sources said. The 84-year-old was found at his home in Roundhay, Leeds, just after midday. The cause of death is unknown. A West Yorkshire...
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Higgins vows to change Irish values
President-elect Michael D Higgins has vowed to lead the country in a necessary transformation away from values based on wealth. After securing more than 1 million votes, the Labour veteran said he...
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Hundreds protest over Syrian deaths
Hundreds of people marched to the Syrian Embassy in London to show solidarity with those suffering from President Bashar Assad's crackdown in the Middle Eastern country. The protest came a day after...
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Tabak could move to Dutch jail
Joanna Yeates's murderer Vincent Tabak could serve part of his life sentence in the Netherlands, a leading lawyer claims. The 33-year-old Dutch engineer was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in jail...
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Man arrested after woman found dead
A 53-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman, police have said. The 54-year-old woman's body was found on Thursday morning along with a man in his 50s with abdominal injuries,...
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Tributes pour in for Jimmy Savile
The "larger than life" veteran DJ and broadcaster Sir Jimmy Savile has died aged 84. The star, who presented the first episode of Top Of The Pops as well as his long-running show Jim'll Fix It, was...
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'Five troops killed in Kabul blast'
Thirteen people killed when a suicide bomber rammed a military convoy in Afghanistan included five coalition troops and eight civilian contractors, Nato has said. The organisation had initially...
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St Paul's protesters debate leaving
Anti-capitalist protesters have begun discussing the possibility of leaving their camp outside St Paul's as religious leaders voiced their support for the group. A voluntary debate took place within...
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Second home tax break could be axed
Owners of second homes face losing council tax discounts as part of a shake-up to ease the pressure on hard-pressed families. Ministers also want to give local authorities powers to axe discounts on...
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Assad: Intervention will start war
Syrian president Bashar Assad has warned Western intervention against his regime would cause an "earthquake" that would "burn the whole region". President Assad told the Sunday Telegraph the action...
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