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Bahrain's police continue to beat and torture detainees, including minors, according to a report by campaign group Human Rights Watch.

Labour calls for an examination of the role of an adviser to Scotland's first minister and his dealings with News Corporation.

Detectives say an elderly man with learning difficulties was fatally stabbed in the hallway of the flats where he lived in Cardiff in what they call a "despicable" murder.

Labour's Ed Balls says Britain faces a "lost decade-style" period of slow growth, days after official figures showed the economy returned to recession.

Casey Stoner holds off a challenge from Jorge Lorenzo to win the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, with Dani Pedrosa third.

The victim stabbing in a Birmingham street is stable after undergoing emergency surgery for multiple wounds.

Western Power say about 1,200 homes are still without power in parts of Wales due to stormy weather.

A racing driver dies in a crash at Goodwood motor racing circuit after apparently losing control of her sports car and hitting a tyre wall, Sussex Police say.

A data breach by Islington Council leads to people reported for anti-social behaviour and drug taking getting information on those who complained.

Some 1.4m Olympic football tickets go on sale, London 2012 organisers have announced

Independence Day director Roland Emmerich has won six awards in his native Germany for his Shakespeare mystery Anonymous.

A Catholic priest who "inadvertently" showed indecent images during a presentation at a primary school in County Tyrone has released a statement in his church bulletin.

A British aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan has been found dead, with a note saying he was killed by the Taliban, local police say.

Saudi officials say they have no suspicions about the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's widows and children, who arrived in the kingdom last week.

Several major roads are blocked by fallen trees in parts of Wales as driving rain and strong winds continue to cause problems.

Two men are arrested and weapons and cash are seized after an armed robbery at a Brighton massage parlour in the early hours.

US President Barack Obama has been showing his lighter side, entertaining an audience at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

Talking Samuel Beckett in ruins of bombed Syrian town

Almost 3,000 homes in Oxfordshire are without power.

Director Peter Jackson defends the new filming technique revealed in the Hobbit footage, which some critics have called 'uncinematic'.