US actress Julie Harris, a star of stage and screen who won five Tony Awards in a career spanning almost 60 years, dies at the age of 87.

The home secretary promises a new law will tackle modern-day slavery, where people are brought to the UK and forced to work for little or no money.

Sarah Taylor and Heather Knight score half-centuries as England Women beat Australia to take control of the Ashes.

Britain's Got Talent finalists Richard and Adam Johnson notch up four weeks at the top of the UK albums chart - the first artists to do so this year.

Lewis Hamilton says the Red Bull is still the fastest car despite his fourth consecutive pole for Mercedes.

Hundreds of far-right activists stage anti-Roma marches across the Czech Republic, with dozens arrested following clashes with police.

London Overground rail guards begin a 48-hour strike as more than one million people are expected to attend the Notting Hill Carnival in the city.

Public criticism of Labour leader Ed Miliband by party colleagues creates "an unappealing sense of toxic disunity", Tessa Jowell warns.