After yet another engrossing day's play, England are finally in a position to kill off Australia's hopes, says Tom Fordyce

Children with cancer and volunteers make a portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela with 5,000 cupcakes.

A six-year-old boy has been rescued after being trapped under a sand dune in Indiana for more than three hours, according to US media reports.

A cow falls through the roof in the Brazilian town of Caratinga, killing a man and narrowly missing his wife.

US banks JP Morgan and Wells Fargo both report strong rises in profits for the second quarter of the year.

More British soldiers and veterans took their own lives in 2012 than died fighting in Afghanistan, the BBC's Panorama learns.

Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell makes easy work of his first professional fight, beating Andy Harris in the first round in Hull.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling secretly writes a crime novel under the guise of male debut writer Robert Galbraith.