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England's hopes of a series whitewash are frustrated as West Indies reach 280-8 on day three of the rain-hit third Test.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel takes pole position at Montreal, ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.

Maria Sharapova says winning the French Open is a bigger achievement than claiming her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon as a 17-year-old in 2004.

South Africa overpower a game England to win the first Test of the three-match series in Durban.

Police investigating a suspicious object in Craigavon have come under attack by local youths.

A man is arrested in connection with the theft of a memorial plaque to two children killed by an IRA bomb in Warrington.

The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan reports on protests by the "hacktivists" of Anonymous against what they say is censorship of the internet in India.

The number of confirmed and suspected cases of Legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh rises to 80, with eight new confirmed cases.

North Korea says it has no plans to conduct a third nuclear test "at present", but hits out at what it says is provocation from South Korea.

Ministers are planning to grant legal rights for the first time to people in England who spend hours caring for elderly or disabled relatives.

Maria Sharapova beats Sara Errani in the French Open final to become only the 10th woman to complete a career Grand Slam.

Authorities in Beijing announce that they will open two new sections of the Great Wall of China to ease overcrowding, Xinhua state news agency reports.

Rangers director Dave King will legally challenge any attempt to transfer Craig Whyte's 85% shareholding to Charles Green.

A market that has been sited at Ruthin's historic jail courtyard is moving to a new location just off the Denbighshire town's main square.

A London man appears in court charged with murdering a pregnant Chinese woman who went missing six years ago.

Prince Harry is among those supporting a Lincolnshire woman battling terminal cancer who wants "to prove the doctors wrong".

At least eight civilians died in the ambush in south-west Ivory Coast which also left seven UN peacekeepers dead, UN officials say.

An "early and aggressive" approach to people on the cusp of developing Type 2 diabetes is needed to reduce cases of the disease, a study suggests.

Qubair shows sectarian violence may be spiralling in Syria

Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has said the disastrous performance of the bank's Irish division, Ulster Bank, is his biggest worry.