Australia are playing India in the delayed first Test in Adelaide - in an emotion-charged game following the death of batsman Phillip Hughes.

Building companies in London have hired Portuguese bricklayers on £1,000-a-week wages because of a shortage of skilled Britons, a recruitment firm has said.

British businessman Shrien Dewani is preparing to leave South Africa after a judge cleared him of murdering his wife on their honeymoon.

Australia was the worst performing industrial country in terms of climate change in 2014, a new report says.

The general secretary of UKIP, Roger Bird, denies a claim he sexually harassed a newly-recruited candidate by propositioning her over dinner.

Tesco shares plunge after the supermarket group warns full-year profits will be substantially below market expectations.

One person dies and a "number of people" are left trapped in their vehicles in a crash on the M25 near Waltham Abbey, Essex.

West Midlands Police issues alerts staff after receiving an anonymous warning of a threat to kidnap and kill a serving officer.