Actor Dave Legeno, who played Fenrir Greyback in the Harry Potter films, was found dead in California's Death Valley last weekend, authorities say.

The government is urged to clamp down on untaxed foreign vehicles, as the RAC warns they are costing the UK millions of pounds a year.

Companies could fall foul of the law if they try to associate their activities with Glasgow 2014 without authorisation, a law firm warns.

A mother and her baby daughter are struck by a car which hit another vehicle before mounting the kerb on a street in north London.

Tens of thousands of Orangemen and women are due to take part in 12 July celebrations across Northern Ireland.

US Secretary of State John Kerry holds fresh talks with the two candidates of the Afghan presidential vote who accuse each other of electoral fraud.

Lancashire's ex-England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff says he came out of retirement to win silverware, not for nostalgic reasons.

A suburb of the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk is badly damaged by shelling, a day after the army suffers some of its heaviest losses.