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Scotland and Blackburn striker David Goodwillie is handed a 12-month probation order for assaulting a man in Glasgow city centre.

A man dies after his car becomes submerged at a swollen ford as heavy rainfall raises the threat of flooding across large parts of England.

Several European leaders cancel visits to Ukraine amid growing concern over alleged mistreatment of the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

Harry Redknapp wishes Roy Hodgson well after the FA approaches the West Brom manager to coach England.

Campaigners call on the government to say how many onshore wind turbines will be built in England, while the wind power industry says local opponents already have enough of a voice.

Britain's Got Talent edges ahead in ratings battle with BBC One's The Voice, a week after the ITV talent show was moved to avoid a head-on clash.

The Badminton Horse Trials, which would have served as a key Olympic build-up event, have been cancelled.

Preparations begin for a major Olympics security exercise as it revealed surface-to-air missiles could be deployed at six sites across London.

Authorities in Peru are investigating the death of over 538 pelicans, along with other birds, on the northern coast of the country, the Peruvian ministry of production said Sunday.

Footballer Jermaine Pennant is charged with drinking and driving after a crash in Sale, Greater Manchester.

The police are treating the death of a 72-year-old man in the Mountsandel area of Coleraine as murder.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the political campaigns still taking shape, President Barack Obama, Republican challenger Mitt Romney and lawmakers of both parties say they want to protect college students from a sharp increase in interest rates on federally subsidized loans....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service does not often get a black eye behind those oh-so-cool sunglasses. It's got a shiner now....

Friends and family of Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident who escaped from house arrest, are being put under great pressure by the authorities and some of them have been detained.

Carlos Tevez wants to stay with Manchester City and insists he has resolved his problems with manager Roberto Mancini.

What the next cyberwar might be like

A Google employee told colleagues, including a senior manager, about plans to collect personal data from people's home wi-fi, a report says.

A number of people are killed in twin explosions targeting security offices in the north-western Syrian city of Idlib, activists and state TV say.

PHOENIX (AP) -- Democrats are hailing first lady Michelle Obama's visit to Tucson as the latest sign that Arizona will be up for grabs in November's presidential election, but Republicans insist that the state will go red just like it has the past three election cycles....