An Irish man is caught trying to board a flight out of Brazil with almost a kilo of cocaine hidden in his gut, and taken to hospital.

A judge strongly criticises the way a major motor insurer recovers the costs of repairing vehicles.

Nick Clegg promises to highlight the Lib Dems' achievements in government, as the party's annual conference begins.

Brazil starts the 1,000-day countdown for the 2014 World Cup, with President Rousseff promising everything will be ready on time.

Three people die and scores are injured - many critically - as a World War II-era fighter plane crashes at an air race near Reno, Nevada.

An inquiry is announced into the deaths of four miners in a flooded Swansea Valley colliery, with Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan insisting lessons must be learned.

The General Medical Council says it is worried that some overseas doctors come to the NHS with "little or no preparation" for working in the UK.

A security alert over sightings of an armed man at an Arizona air base is called off after no gunman or weapons are found, the base commander says.