Organised criminal gangs are increasingly aiming to rob valuable works of art and antiques in the UK, according to senior police officers.

Financial firms are urged to cut the cost to people calling their customer service or complaints lines.

Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Steve Martin are honoured at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Awards in Los Angeles.

A Boeing aircraft has crashed on landing at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing at least 44 people, officials say.

An off-colour Scotland fail to score as efficient South Africa power to an impressive victory at Murrayfield.

Elise Christie wins a first World Cup medal of the season on Sunday, a day after a crash nearly ended her Olympic hopes.

Coach Stuart Lancaster believes England will cope with the pressures of the 2015 World Cup being played on home soil.

Usain Bolt is named male World Athlete of the Year for a fifth time as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins the women's award.