Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and defending champion Louis Oosthuizen are among those waiting to tee off as the first round of the 140th Open Championship at Royal St George's gets under way.

A 84-year-old woman dies and a man is seriously injured in a house fire in Plymouth.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson is expected to appear before its governing body over the inquiry into phone hacking.

Moody's warns it may cut the US's triple-A debt rating because it is increasingly likely that its debt ceiling will not be raised.

Young survivors of a bus crash which claimed the lives of two teenagers, recall the horror of the collision.

An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses.

MPs are to meet later to decide whether to summon News International chief Rebekah Brooks to appear before them over the phone-hacking scandal.

Bonuses of up to £20,000 will reportedly be awarded to more than 1,000 senior Whitehall civil servants.