A man is accused of murder and attempted murder after an elderly woman's body was found and a nine-year-old boy was stabbed in a skate park.

Australia fast bowler James Pattinson says England batsman Joe Root may be a target for sledging during the Ashes series.

The Statue of Liberty, shut last year after a huge storm, reopens to the public as Americans everywhere mark Independence Day.

Jockey Brian Toomey is in hospital with a life-threatening head injury after a heavy fall during a race at Perth.

The government's roll-out of "superfast" broadband to rural areas is about two years behind its original schedule, the National Audit Office says.

Egypt's army says it will guarantee the right to peaceful protest amid calls for rallies by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

Sainsbury's says it welcomes the debate about etiquette sparked by one of its checkout workers refusing to serve a customer who was talking on her phone.

Publishing death rates for individual surgeons will not spot poor performers in certain fields because too few operations take place, a study finds,