England must not think about winning the Ashes when they face Australia at Old Trafford, says captain Alastair Cook.

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Pakistan for unannounced talks with the newly-elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The Queen was expected to urge the people of the United Kingdom to "pray" in the event of a nuclear war, government documents from 1983 reveal.

A fuel discount that applies to the Scottish islands and the Isles of Scilly could be extended to remote and rural parts of the UK mainland.

Royal Dutch Shell sees its second-quarter earnings fall to $4.6bn, compared with $5.7bn in the same period a year ago.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo throws the ceremonial first pitch at a Los Angeles Dodgers-New York Yankees baseball game, but his aim deserts him.

A man accused of murdering four British soldiers in the 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park is granted conditional bail.

A Leicestershire zoo has to close after concerns over public safety when eight chimpanzees found their way into a secure area within their enclosure.