Ricardo Vaz Te's late strike fired West Ham back to the Barclays Premier League after a dramatic play-off final at Wembley today.

Police are investigating a report that a red light was shone at the plane carrying the Olympic flame as it came in to land in Britain.

A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground today after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight.

US President Barack Obama pledged at a Group of Eight summit today to work with Europe on a package that balances growth with debt reduction as world leaders try to prevent the worsening eurozone crisis from destabilizing the global economy.

A search for two missing fishermen was called off today as rescue teams found their stricken vessel and its liferaft on the sea bed.

A bomb exploded in front of a girls' school in southern Italy today, killing a 16-year-old girl and wounding seven others, suspicion quickly falling on the local Mafia.

A teenage girl has been shot dead and her sister seriously injured in a gun attack in a small village in Northern Ireland.

Two brothers and a cousin of prominent dissident republican Colin Duffy have appeared in court in Northern Ireland charged with terrorism offences including conspiracy to murder.

Three-time Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie today kicked off the London 2012 Olympic torch relay, saying it was "one of the more nervous moments of my life".

Isabel Mohan reviews the fourth live show of BBC One's The Voice.

Ricardo Vaz Te's late strike fires West Ham back to the Premier League after a dramatic play-off final at Wembley.

Harry Potter Meets CSI: A crime drama treat based on Grimm's fairy tales enchants viewers for NBC.

The success of actors like Robert Pattinson and Tom Hardy show that Brits are no longer just in demand as toffs and villains, reports Anita Singh

A teenage girl has been shot dead and her sister seriously injured in a gun attack in a small village in Northern Ireland.

Manchester City officials have called in police after a teenage fan made off with the title-winning ball in the club's Premier League triumph.

Man City officials have called in police after a teenage fan made off with the title-winning ball in the club's Premier League triumph.

One dead and up to ten injured in bomb blast at school named after wife of famous anti-Mafia judge.

Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force parade and performed a flypast for the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee.

Thousands of pounds are being wasted every day because of problems caused by a new system of providing interpreters for courts, it has been claimed.

The organisers of an Arctic expedition in which a schoolboy was mauled to death by a polar bear will not face charges, Norweigian officials have confirmed.

Homeowners are set to suffer rising interest rates as two mortgage lenders put rates up.

Arrangements are being made for the repatriation of a newspaper journalist killed in Syria after her body arrived in Damascus.

The brother and sister of Pc David Rathband have told how they must accept their sibling's death, saying it was his own decision.

Powerful storms stretching from the US Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns and killed at least 29 people as the system tore roofs off schools and homes and damaged a maximum-security prison.

Powerful storms stretching from the US Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns and killed at least 28 people as the system tore roofs off schools and homes and damaged a maximum-security prison.

Powerful storms stretching from the US Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north have wrecked two small towns and left many dead as they tore roofs off schools and homes and damaged a maximum security prison in the second deadly tornado outbreak this week.

Powerful storms stretching from the US Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north have wrecked two small towns and left many dead as they tore roofs off schools and homes and damaged a maximum security prison in the second deadly tornado outbreak this week.

Merkel resists efforts by other G8 leaders to push eurozone to do more to stimulate growth

French president tells UK’s Cameron he will not reverse pre-election pledges on financial transaction levy and Afghan withdrawal

Departure of Chen and his family brings to an end the worst diplomatic spat between Beijing and Washington in over a decade

Stunned Italians see parallels with the events of 20 years ago when the mafia responded to a crackdown with bombing attacks

Glitches delayed the opening of trading and underwriters had to intervene to prevent the group’s shares falling below the $38 price set on Thursday

Value of bad loans held by banking sector increased a third during the past year to €148bn and accounted for 8.4% of their entire loan portfolios

Private clients warned not to ditch equities in the face of deepening euro crisis.

JPMorgan Chase’s $2bn loss tarnishes the reputation of chief executive Jamie Dimon as a hawk-eyed risk manager prepared to confront regulators

Sir Suma Chakrabarti will be the first non French or German president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The leaders of the G8 group of major economies say they want Greece to remain in the eurozone, and commit to promoting growth.

Thousands of people turn out to watch the Olympic flame in Cornwall as it starts its 70-day tour of the UK in the build up to the London 2012 Games.

Live text commentary as Chelsea face Bayern Munich in the Champions League final at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

The search ends for two fishermen missing off the Dorset coast, after a life-raft was found on-board the wreck of their boat.

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose stay at the US embassy caused a diplomatic crisis, leaves China on a plane heading for the US.

A bomb outside a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi kills a teenage girl and injures five other people as children gather for classes.

Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have taken part in a parade and flypast for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Three relatives of prominent Lurgan dissident republican Colin Duffy appear in court in Lisburn charged with terrorism offences.

An explosion in a road tunnel being constructed in central China's Hunan province kills at least 20 people, state media say.