Charlotte Edwards scores 109 and Katherine Brunt takes four wickets as England beat India by 32 runs in the World Cup.

Former US Vice President Al Gore says politics is too subservient to industry to represent the public.

David Cameron's promise of a referendum on the UK's future membership of the European Union could create problems, Tony Blair has warned.

David Cameron's promise of a referendum on the UK's future membership of the European Union could create problems, Tony Blair has warned.

At least 16 people are killed as a police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk is attacked by a suicide bomber and gunmen, medical sources say.

Twelve people were injured after a powerful earthquake shook northern Japan, on Saturday night.

Experts claim changes in wind direction could kill many more seabirds that have come into contact with an oily substance.

Paul Gascoigne's agent Terry Baker has told the Stephen Nolan programme on 5 live that the former footballer needs to "get help immediately".

A distribution company which supplied halal meat containing traces of pork DNA to prisons, suspends all products from the manufacturer.

Actor Sylvester Stallone has joined the US debate on gun violence, following a number of mass shootings there.

Actor Sylvester Stallone has joined the US debate on gun violence, following a number of mass shootings there.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says he smacked his own children when they were young and defends the right of parents to smack.

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin tells the BBC he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind last month's acid attack on him.

The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin tells the BBC he is "absolutely certain" he knows who is behind last month's acid attack on him.

The inventor of the classic toy Etch A Sketch, former electrical technician Andre Cassagnes, dies in France at the age of 86.

The inventor of the classic toy Etch A Sketch, former electrical technician Andre Cassagnes, dies in France at the age of 86.

More than half of nurses believe their NHS ward or unit is dangerously understaffed, according to a survey by the Nursing Times.

Police in Midland City in the US state of Alabama are spending a fifth day negotiating with a man accused of holding a young boy hostage in a bunker.

A portrait of Thailand's booze magnate and his global ambitions

The number of children being diagnosed with epilepsy has dropped dramatically in the UK over the past decade, figures show.