An 84-year-old Burnley woman dies after she was mugged for the third time in less than two years.

A Northumbria Police officer is found guilty of two charges of rape and three indecent assaults involving vulnerable women he met on duty.

An initial investigation into the stampede that killed more than 450 people in Cambodia on Monday finds a swaying footbridge triggered the panic.

Rescuers trying to reach 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine find high gas levels and little oxygen near where the group is believed to be.

The Irish Republic agrees an 85bn euro bail-out according to an Irish state media report called 'premature' by the finance ministry.

One of the first batch of Apple computers is sold at auction at Christie's in London for more than £130,000.

New research on pterosaurs suggests their wing function may have been key to the creatures' large size.

Binge drinkers have a risk of heart disease twice that of people who consume the same amount of alcohol but more steadily, researchers say.