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A sub-postmistress, involved in a £14,000 fraud to help keep a community shop open, is given a suspended jail sentence.

24 hours of news photos: 3 May

The former finance director at the Royal Academy of Music admits defrauding the institution of £203,950 between March 2007 and January 2011.

Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif has been released after serving half of a 12-month sentence for a fixing scam, his lawyer says.

Members of Egypt's ruling military council say they are committed to civilian rule, a day after violence explodes during a protest in Cairo.

An inquest jury has ruled that an SAS soldier was justified in shooting an IRA man as he lay dying on the ground in 1990.

At least 34 people are killed when gunmen open fire and throw explosives at a cattle market in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy believes Sunday's presidential election run-off against Francois Hollande will be decided by the tightest margin.

Roads become impassable in several places across Essex and Suffolk after overnight rain causes flooding.

More than 8,500 Brazilian troops are being deployed in a vast area of the Amazon to tackle drug trafficking, logging and illegal mining.

Germany warns Ukraine again over jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, but Poland opposes any boycott.

Conservative MP Louise Mensch criticises "immoral and misogynistic" Twitter users for subjecting her to abuse over her stance on Rupert Murdoch.

The UK Border Force failed to meet its target for processing Heathrow arrivals from outside the European Economic Area in April, BAA says.

Administrators say they understand Bill Miller has been given assurances that Rangers will continue in the SPL.

At least four people are killed as Syrian security forces and militiamen raid student accommodation in the second city, Aleppo, activists say.

A 57-year-old former officer has been arrested by police investigating corrupt payments in relation to the phone-hacking scandal, the Met Police says.

The owner of a Tunisian TV station is fined for showing a controversial and award-winning animated film, Persepolis.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is to join the BBC Sport team as a pundit during Euro 2012.

Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga warns that the emergence of ethnically-based political groups could spell doom ahead of elections due next year.

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso says the team's redesigned car needs to produce results straight away if he is to challenge for the F1 title.