A US judge orders the release of an inmate who has been in solitary confinement for 43 years - the last imprisoned member of the "Angola Three" group.

Two men aged 21 and 27, and one woman aged 21 are arrested in Walsall, West Midlands, on suspicion of Syria related terrorism offences after a police operation.

Comedian and actor Lenny Henry looks set to become Sir Lenny after confirming that he will receive a knighthood in the Queen's birthday honours.

A fossilised skeleton of a meat-eating Jurassic dinosaur found on a south Wales beach is revealed to the public.

An Egyptian court upholds the death sentence for 11 men over the deadly football stadium violence in Port Said in 2012 which left 74 people dead.

Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith announces his intention to run to be Mayor of London.

US coach Alberto Salazar says he will show that accusations he has practised doping techniques are "false statements".

It is "inconceivable" that former News of the World senior editor Neil Wallis did not know about phone hacking at the paper, the Old Bailey hears.