The murder rate in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez dropped by 45% between 2010 and 2011, says President Felipe Calderon.

Evidence that missing aristocrat Lord Lucan was smuggled out of the UK to a secret life abroad after he disappeared is provided by two new witnesses.

Iran's nuclear ambitions could plunge the Middle East into "a new Cold War", warns UK Foreign Secretary William Hague.

A Chinese envoy visiting Syria calls on all sides in the country to end violence, amid talks with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

A 40-year-old man from Blackburn appears in court charged in connection with a hoax bomb threat to Stansted Airport.

Concerns have been raised about a new website that lets people post their thoughts on care providers.

A six-year-old boy and his 71-year-old grandmother found dead in a Lincolnshire lake are named locally.

Live coverage of the Aviva Grand Prix from the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. (UK users only)