Eurozone leaders will meet on Thursday for a summit to try to resolve the Greek debt crisis and stop contagion to other economies.

Two Britons suspected of fighting for the Taliban are arrested by British armed forces in Afghanistan.

Scottish & Southern Energy becomes the latest gas and electricity supplier to announce a rise in prices.

A nurse is still being questioned on suspicion of murder after the deaths of three patients at a hospital in Greater Manchester.

A man is arrested following a serious sexual assault on a 10-year-old boy in a Nottinghamshire wood.

Andy Parfitt, the controller of BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra, is to leave after 13 years.

UK retail sales recovered slightly in June, as stores started their summer sales early, official figures show.

Olympic canoeing champion Tim Brabants suffers a major blow in his bid to defend his K1 1000m title at next year's London Games.