The brother of former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie is found guilty of her murder and told he will serve a minimum of 20 years in jail.

A study of EU politicians' voting patterns shows that the UK government is by far the most likely to disagree with the majority.

Bunscoill Ghaelgagh on the Isle of Man is a unique school where lessons are taught in the Manx language.

Ditching meat and fish in favour of a vegetarian diet can have a dramatic effect on the health of your heart, research suggests.

Plans to build a £12bn underground radioactive nuclear waste store for Cumbria are rejected.

The first two handsets powered by the new Blackberry 10 operating system have been unveiled, at a launch event in central London.

Liverpool complete the £8.5m signing of Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho from Italian side Inter Milan.

Hosts India face West Indies at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium on Thursday in the opening game of the cricket Women's World Cup.

South Africa's richest black man, mining magnate Patrice Motsepe, announces he is giving away half his wealth to improve the lives of the poor.

More than $1.5bn is pledged at a donors conference to help civilians affected by the conflict in Syria, as state media blame rebels for a massacre.

A man in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz hands over his teenaged son to police fearing he might have been groomed to become a suicide bomber.

More than 1,000 original movie posters from the golden age of Hollywood are donated to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The first handsets to be powered by the new Blackberry 10 operating system are unveiled in New York. The UK is first to get the touchscreen Z10.

German investigators open a new inquiry into the wartime massacre of 642 people by SS troops in the central French village of Oradour-sur-Glane.

The US economy unexpectedly shrank at an annualised rate of 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2012, official figures indicate.

Wildfires have destroyed more than 7,000 hectares of land, including farmlands, vegetation and vineyards in the south west of South Africa.

Doctors describe the procedure to repair a missing area of the skull of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot.

The British army stages its biggest ever computer-based simulation to help it research which resources it should invest in.

The Russian government abandons an agreement with the US on fighting crime and the drugs trade, in an apparent sign of worsening relations.

An American man rides what may be the highest wave ever caught by a surfer off the Portuguese coast.