A soldier from The Yorkshire Regiment has been shot dead during a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

Tiger Woods conjures a piece of magic to clinch the Memorial Tournament and join Jack Nicklaus on 73 PGA Tour wins.

The "unexplained" death of a 15-year-old girl in Merseyside is being investigated by police.

The US government urges China to free all those still in prison 23 years after Beijing's 1989 crackdown against protesters in Tiananmen Square.

First Minister Alex Salmond is to visit California in a bid to build on economic links and boost inward investment in Scotland.

A rare 1932 hand-drawn cover of a Tintin comic goes for 1.3m euros at auction in Paris - setting a new record for the genre.

Ministers say up to 300,000 families in England could benefit from plans to scrap council tax for so-called granny flats and ease rules on garage conversions.

Andy Murray expects a tight encounter when he meets Richard Gasquet in the French Open fourth round on Monday.