A Northumbria Police officer is found guilty of two charges of rape and three indecent assaults involving vulnerable women he met on duty.

An 84-year-old Burnley woman dies after she was mugged for the third time in less than two years.

An initial investigation into the stampede that killed more than 450 people in Cambodia on Monday finds a swaying footbridge triggered the panic.

The Tommy Sheridan perjury trial hears a witness "omitted" to tell police he saw the politician at a hotel.

A Norwegian student whose semi-naked body was found buried under a pile of rubble in central London was unlawfully killed, an inquest rules.

Didier Drogba refuses to blame the exit of assistant boss Ray Wilkins and rumours over manager Carlo Anceoltti's future for Chelsea's poor form.

More than 400 English secondaries could be redesignated "failing" as the education secretary vows to get tough with under-performing schools.

Rescuers trying to reach 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine find high gas levels and little oxygen near where the group is believed to be.