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A 66-year-old woman was tortured for her bank details and then beaten to death in her home by a man who needed money to pay for his wedding, a murder trial hears.

Flanker Sean O'Brien is recalled to the Ireland team for Saturday's Six Nations game against England at Twickenham.

New EU rules will include CO2 emissions from farming and forestry in plans for a low-carbon future.

A rape victim heard her husband walk past as she was attacked but could not call for help, a court hears.

Sakurajima volcano in Japan's southern Kagoshima region has erupted again for the second day running.

The Arab League calls for a neutral investigation into crimes conducted during the Syrian regime's bloody crackdown on an anti-government uprising.

The Ministry of Defence considers plans to install surface-to-air missiles in Blackheath and Shooters Hill during the Olympic Games.

The government promises to "champion" marriage and traditional families in an effort to reduce social breakdown.

A Commons motion by rebel Lib Dem MPs calling for the government to drop plans to overhaul the way the NHS is run in England has been defeated.

US retail sales jumped by the most in five months in February, official figures show, fuelled mostly by demand for cars.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon tells a court it was "very disturbing" when he heard that suspect packages addressed to him had been intercepted.

Modern foreign language teachers are being recruited urgently to cope with a surge in demand for the subject at GCSE.

Bahrain and Belarus join Reporters Without Borders' annual list of the countries with the most repressive policies against cyber-dissidents.

Samsung has started the process of updating its Galaxy S2 smartphones with the latest version of Android known as Ice Cream Sandwich.

Disney/Pixar's Scotland-set animated film, Brave, is to have its European premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

UK ministers are to publish the financial details of the seven Remploy factories set to close in Wales, while ruling out further subsidy.

Single mothers will lose thousands of pounds under planned changes to the benefits system, the charity Save the Children claims.

The jury at the Suzanne Pilley murder trial in Edinburgh is considering its verdict on the man accused of killing her.

The eyes and brains of astronauts who have spent long periods of time in orbit can develop abnormalities, new research has established.

Two UN peacekeepers from Pakistan are sentenced to a year in prison and sacked from the army for raping a 14-year-old boy in Haiti.