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Family prepares to bring body home

The husband of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has described her as the "rock" of his life as he prepares to bring her body home...

Voters go to polls in by-election

Voters are headed to the polls in Oldham East and Saddleworth in the first by-election test of the new parliament.Polls in the marginal have...

Interest rates due to remain low

The Bank of England is expected to resist pressure to hike interest rates despite fears over surging inflation and commodity prices.Policymakers are unlikely to...

Floods damage 'like war aftermath'

Floodwaters washing through Australia's third-largest city crested just shy of levels residents had feared most but high enough to submerge entire neighbourhoods and cause...

Brazil rain and mudslides kill 257

Torrential rain has sent tons of red mud and torrents of water rushing down mountainsides in towns outside Rio, enveloping homes of rich and...

Nation needs healing, says Obama

President Barack Obama has pleaded for Americans not to use Saturday's deadly rampage in Tucson as an occasion "to turn on one another".The President,...

Warning over pressure to recycle

Paper, glass and plastics could end up back in landfill sites because of pressure on councils to recycle more and more waste, a leading...

Government 'to close three prisons'

The Ministry of Justice will announce the closure of three prisons with the loss of 800 places by July, it has been reported.The move...

Update to abortion procedure sought

The UK's biggest abortion provider is seeking a High Court ruling to make it easier for women to complete the procedure at home.The British...

Obama visits shot congresswoman

President Barack Obama has flown to Arizona and headed straight to congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' bedside to pay his respects to the wounded politician as...

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