Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is at death's door in the care of his family at home in Tripoli, CNN says.

A suspect in the murder of a 77-year-old Northumberland woman is a "dangerous" sex offender with a history of violence, police reveal.

Magistrates have responded angrily to prison governors' accusations they have indulged in a sentencing "feeding frenzy" after the riots in England.

Two workers were sacked for mistakenly tagging an offender's false leg allowing him to remove it and break a curfew, security firm G4S reveals.

Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda wins the Democratic Party leadership race, putting him on track to become Japan's sixth PM in five years.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp says the saga involving Luka Modric's potential exit has unsettled the team's start to the season.

Manager Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal's 8-2 Premier League defeat at Manchester United on Sunday was humiliating.

Great Britain's Jessica Ennis makes a stuttering start to the defence of her world heptathlon title in Daegu.