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A California-based private company hopes to usher in a new era in space travel with the successful launch of its rocket and unmanned capsule later this month.

The Olympic flame is to be passed to London on Thursday evening, after a week-long relay around Greece.

The US state of Texas is likely to have executed an innocent man due to careless handling of the case, a report by US law students claims.

File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack.

Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.

Retailer Clinton Cards, which is in administration, is to close almost half its stores across the UK, leading to the loss of almost 2,800 jobs.

BBC children's programmes over seven decades.

Greek leftist leader George Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of "playing poker with people's lives", as millions of euros are withdrawn from Greek banks.

Teachers' pay in England and Wales could be linked to performance and set at different local levels, under proposals set out by the government.

A 15-year-old boy is convicted of murdering a student who was stabbed in north London after a row over throwing conkers.

Seven people are killed and more than 20 injured in clashes in Libya's western desert town of Ghadames, the government says.

Kenny Dalglish is sacked as Liverpool manager after finishing eighth in a disappointing Premier League campaign.

A man is arrested on suspicion of helping to carry out an attack on a Mombasa nightclub, in which one person died, police say.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visit Lancashire

Tribute paid to 'greatest war correspondent'

The Cannes jury responds to claims of sexism prompted by the lack of female filmmakers in the running for this year's Palme d'Or.

Student protesters in Montreal storm the University of Quebec, disrupting classes as they were due to resume after a boycott protesting rising tuition fees.

A pair of Royal portraits are to be seen together for the first time in more than a quarter of a century to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

At least 150 lives will be saved and thousands of wasted ambulance journeys avoided by a change in 999 response practices, NHS chiefs believe.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurates a truth commission to investigate rights abuses, including those committed during military rule from 1964-1985.