Jimmy White fails to make it through qualifying for the World Championship after a 10-4 defeat by Ian Burns.

US contractor Alan Gross, who has been in jail in Cuba for more than four years, ends a week-long hunger strike, his lawyer says.

A Cambridgeshire firm has designed a robot minesweeper that is winning exports to Africa and South America.

Details of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall's forthcoming tour of Canada - including events to mark the World War One centenary - have been announced.

Residents in northern Queensland are waking up to survey the damage after Cyclone Ita brought winds of up to 230km/h to parts of Australia.

A man is charged with attempting to murder three women who were attacked with a hammer in a central London hotel.

A Texas woman is sentenced to life in prison for stabbing her boyfriend to death with the five-inch (13cm) stiletto heel of her shoe.

Many parents are being asked to make voluntary contributions to the cost of text or revision books, a survey suggests.