Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth says he is "bewildered" by the worldwide success of his film The King's Speech.

The government is considering whether to allow some sentencing in English courts to be televised, it has emerged.

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says most of the recent rioters were known criminals whose behaviour had not been addressed by the "broken penal system".

Novak Djokovic comes through a stunning first set tie-break to beat Alexandr Dolgopolov and reach the US Open quarter-finals.

England boss Fabio Capello makes special plans to stop Wales dangerman Gareth Bale in Tuesday's Euro 2012 qualifier.

Italian police defend in court the evidence used to convict Amanda Knox of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007.

Suppliers of trainmaker Bombardier are likely to make redundancies due to the loss of the £1.4bn Thameslink contract, a survey finds.

Texas firefighters struggle to contain a 16-mile-wide wildfire that has destroyed almost 500 homes, prompting Gov Rick Perry to return home.