Private security firm G4S donates £2.5m to the armed forces after troops had to stand in for its absent staff at the Olympic Games.

Expectations of falling borrowing rates pushed down the number of households remortgaging in June, lenders say.

Fresh concerns are raised about the South Wales Police investigation into officers involved in the miscarriage of justice surrounding the Lynette White murder in 1988.

British medallists including Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis, Victoria Pendleton and Louis Smith as well as David Beckham have made their own version of Queen's Don't Stop Me Now

Alastair Cook is among six England players nominated for the annual International Cricket Council awards.

Injured Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain pulls out of England squad for Wednesday's friendly against Italy.

Dr Freddy Patel, a pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem examination on Ian Tomlinson is "liable to bring his profession into disrepute", a panel says.

A man is charged with the murder of Mark Short, who was shot dead in a Greater Manchester pub.