Relatives of dead UK soldiers are warned their phones may have been hacked by a News of the World investigator, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Britain's Eleanor Simmonds beats her own world record at the European Swimming Championships in Berlin.

A US appeals court orders an immediate end to a ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military, while new rules are being drafted.

Alleged gang boss James "Whitey" Bulger pleads not guilty to a string of charges, including 19 murders, at a court in Boston.

Top lawyers sign an open letter urging the government to halt its emergency police bail bill.

The government should use money from fuel duty to cut the price of public transport, according to a group of MPs.

A chimpanzee can recognise distorted words spoken by a computer, suggesting apes are more capable of perceiving speech than previously thought.

An Italian court sentences nine German men in absentia to life in prison for killing hundreds of civilians during World War II, reports say.