A couple and an accountant are jailed for cheating British ex-pats in Majorca out of £10m, in a Ponzi investment scheme.

A tsunami warning following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake off the Philippine island of Samar is lifted.

Disability rights campaigners are protesting against Atos, the firm carrying out the government's "fit for work" assessments.

The RSPCA says it was "faced with a very odd sight" when called to rescue a fox trapped in a floorboard at the University of Hertfordshire.

Instruments measuring the flow and height of the Mississippi River find that it ran backward for 24 hours, driven by the storm surge of Hurricane Isaac.

The Spanish government is creating a "bad bank" into which all the toxic property assets of its debt-laden banking sector can be off-loaded.

Can the shape of your beer-glass affect your drinking speed?

Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov signs for Fuham from Manchester United, agreeing a two-year deal.