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US carmaker Ford reports lower quarterly profits following weak sales in Europe and higher tax charges.

A judge describes a former union leader as "greedy" as he jails him for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a miners' charity.

24 hours of news photos: 27 April 2012

The Native American tribe taking on big beer

Nat Fraser confessed to hiring a hitman to strangle his wife, then burned her body and ground down her teeth, a witness tells his trial.

Dutch people reflect on tourist cannabis cafe ban

Children bullied during their early years are up to three times more likely to self harm than their classmates when they reach adolescence, a study suggests.

The Palestinian Authority's communications minister resigns, claiming it is moving to silence its critics by blocking access to opposition websites.

UK engineers begin critical tests on the innovative Sabre engine technology that is designed to take a spaceplane into orbit in a single flight stage.

A crisis in funding care for the elderly could lead to closure of parks, libraries and public toilets, according to the leaders of nearly every council in England and Wales.

Two men who sent suspect packages to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two high-profile fans are jailed for five years.

Jeremy Hunt has his request to appear at the Leveson Inquiry early refused after pledging to hand over private emails with his adviser about the BSkyB takeover bid.

A group of brain cells in pigeons are shown to sense details of magnetic fields, a major find in the long-standing question of how they navigate.

More than 100 officers search for double-murder suspect James Allen, who the police have warned the public not to approach.

A man who was cleared of raping a McDonald's worker in 1986 is jailed for eight years after DNA advances produce new evidence.

A third party was almost certainly involved in putting MI6 officer Gareth Williams in the locked bag where his body was found, an expert tells his inquest.

Police increase the reward for information on the murders of a family of four in Northamptonshire to £25,000.

Former MP Margaret Moran, who is accused of fiddling her parliamentary expenses, will not face a jury, a judge decides.

Four explosions rock the city of Dnipropetrovsk in eastern Ukraine, injuring at least 27 people.

New rules designed to stop protesters sleeping near the Houses of Parliament are upheld in a High Court ruling.