Eight female Olympic players are accused of not "using best efforts to win" - as British gold medal hopes focus on rowing and cycling.

Celebrated US author and political commentator Gore Vidal has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 86, his family says.

Multi-millionaire Hans Kristian Rausing pleads guilty to preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife.

Oxfam is to receive the Freedom of Oxford where it was founded 70 years ago.

Police used an unsuitable level of force before the death of of a schizophrenic man in custody, an inquest jury finds.

Manufacturing in most of the world is in a slump, a raft for reports from the US, UK, the eurozone and China suggest.

A law which makes it harder for councils and housing associations to evict tenants for failing to pay their rent is in place.

Five elderly singing group members are injured when a man reportedly armed with a machete burst into a church hall.