The British & Irish Lions will secure a historic series win if they can defeat Australia in Saturday's second Test.

EU leaders end their summit in Brussels by agreeing to put 6bn euros into youth training schemes and promote lending to credit-starved small businesses.

There have been deadly clashes in Egypt as both supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi stage mass demonstrations.

The West should have tried talking to the Taliban a decade ago after they had just been toppled from power, the UK's top general in Afghanistan says.

Rugby international Jamie Roberts takes time out from Lions duty in Australia to play guitar on stage with the Manic Street Preachers.

The Department for Communities and Local Government is fined by the Treasury for taking out an unauthorised £217m bank overdraft.

Nico Rosberg heads Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two in final practice at the British Grand Prix.

A man is charged after John Constable's masterpiece The Hay Wain had a photograph stuck on to it in the National Gallery.