Two sheep are found alive after they were trapped in heavy snow for more than three weeks by a spring blizzard in Northern Ireland.

A man is arrested in Mississippi after letters containing suspected ricin were sent to US President Barack Obama and a US senator.

Japan, the world's third-largest economy, reports a record trade deficit for the financial year to 31 March.

Britain's most successful Olympian, cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, is expected to announce his retirement from active competition later.

BBC F1 commentator Murray Walker looks at the battle between Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Aroux at the 1979 French GP

Roberto Martinez is confident Wigan will stay in the Premier League if they repeat their performance against Manchester City.

Plans for a peace centre on the site of Northern Ireland's former Maze prison, which housed paramilitary prisoners, are approved.

A 1,200-year-old tree, reputed to be the oldest and one of the largest in the UK, falls over in strong winds.