A swimming cricket is one of three "new species" discovered in South America, according to TV film crew.

Heavy fighting continues in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, as the government claims to have taken control of all of the capital Damascus.

The Curiosity rover remains perfectly on course to make its Monday (GMT) landing on the Red Planet.

Four teenagers are shot in the same incident in a single street in Merseyside.

The number of forged passports detected at ports and airports across the UK has almost halved in the past five years, a BBC investigation finds.

Praise has poured in for Team GB after they won six gold medals - including three in a golden hour of athletics - on their most successful day of Olympic action since 1908.

Scores of homes are flooded in North Somerset following heavy rain, which also caused a landslip.

Preview followed by live coverage of Sunday's game between Dundee Utd and Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League.