The price of a church wedding could soon increase by up to 50% under plans being considered by the General Synod.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive in Los Angeles as they continue their first official overseas trip as a married couple.

A 15-year-old boy becomes the third teenager to be charged following the murder of 16-year-old Yemurai Kanyangarara in south-east London.

Usain Bolt is victorious in the 200m in Paris despite suffering from flu whilst Chris Tomlinson secures a new British long jump record

Sebastian Vettel posts the fastest time in final practice for Sunday's British Grand Prix, with qualifying to follow at 1300.

At least 17 people are shot dead in a bar in Monterrey, in north-east Mexico, in an attack blamed on a turf war between drug gangs.

A 27-year-old man is arrested in connection with a gas explosion in Castleford which badly damaged six houses.

Tens of thousands of South Sudanese watch the raising of the country's new flag at an independence ceremony in the new capital, Juba.