Bolton midfielder Lee Chung-yong will be out for at least nine months after breaking his leg in Saturday's pre-season friendly at Newport County.

The chairman of HM Revenue & Customs admits the service was "simply not good enough", after its performance was attacked by MPs.

Two knife-wielding men kill six people in an attack in China's ethnically tense Xinjiang region, official media say.

Labour accuses the government of switching health spending in England away from poorer areas towards richer parts of the country.

The Syrian army begins an operation in the city of Hama, with troops moving into the city amid reports of intense gunfire.

A pleasure boat sinks on the Moscow river in Russia's capital, drowning five people and leaving five more missing, officials say.

The family of Sir Bobby Robson say he would have been proud at the ongoing work of his cancer charity.

RAF ceases regular flying operations at its station in north east Scotland, ahead of planned handover to army