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Jeremy Bamber, who was jailed for killing his family in 1985, fails in his latest bid to appeal against his conviction.

Waves the size of houses rise and fall off the coast of Ireland

Twenty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, a new protective covering is being built over the section of the reactor that exploded.

The ex-Liberian president's conviction was the first war crimes conviction of a former head of state by an international court since the trials of Nazi leaders after World War II.

The German president turns down a visit to Ukraine and the EU says it is "deeply preoccupied" by the treatment of jailed former PM Yulia Tymoshenko.

Dozens of websites offering credit card details and other private information for sale are taken down in a police operation spanning three continents.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Baltimore police said they have arrested a man in the death of a North Carolina teenager whose body was found in a river after she vanished in 2010 while visiting relatives in the area....

Legal protections enjoyed by MPs are being reviewed and may need to change, the government has said.

Sudanese civil servants have been told to donate two days' salary to help pay for the conflict with South Sudan over the Heglig oilfield.

A puppy in the US is up for adoption after being found alone and covered with cactus spines.

The chairman of the board of St Patrick's Centre in Downpatrick is to resign, the BBC understands, as doubt remains about the attraction's future.

Reformed performance drug doctor Victor Conte says Dwain Chambers deserves his second chance at London 2012.

A London Underground train hits an obstruction on the tracks, causing severe delays.

ITV apologises after its HD broadcast of Wednesday's Champions League semi-final was interrupted during extra-time.

Two current and two former TSA employees have been arrested in an alleged drug and bribery scheme by screeners who allowed large shipments of narcotics to pass through security at Los Angeles International Airport in exchange for cash.

Banking giant HSBC confirms that it is to cut more than 2,200 jobs in the UK as part of its global cost-cutting plans.

London 2012 Festival organisers unveil the final line-up of the 12-week celebration of the arts that runs alongside the Olympic Games.

John Edwards' defense team hammered away at a former campaign aide on Thursday after he was quizzed about his motives and asked whether he made up stories about how Edwards allegedly concealed contributions from campaign donors.

“[T]he court does not find that Deputy Schneider's use of the density meter was unauthorized by the defendant’s consent to ‘take a quick look in the car.’” The search took six monits and qualified. United States v. Long Tien Dang, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56875 (D. Kan. April 24, 2012).*

A general objection to a USMJ’s R&R only requires plain error review. United States v. Tamayo, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57126 (N.D. Ga. April 23, 2012)*:

Defendants make no attempt to specify why they disagree with the magistrate judge's conclusions. "In order to trigger de novo review of an R&R, the objection must be 'specific.'" United States v. Diaz, No. 1:09-CR-0037-WBH, 2011 WL 344093, at *1 (Jan. 31, 2011) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(b)(2)). "General objections which reassert arguments by reference to prior pleadings do not suffice." Id. (citing Nettles v. Wainwright, 677 F.2d 404, 410 n. 8 (5th Cir. 1982). In the absence of objections filed in accordance with Rule 59(b)(2), this court need only perform plain error review. Id.

Running a stop sign was reason enough for a stop. State v. Edmonds, 2012 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 241 (April 23, 2012).*

Paul Lewis of BBC Radio 4's Money Box and fraud victim Paul Forrester describes the impact of being conned, as the Financial Services Authority publishes a so-called ''sucker list''.