England are hopeful captain Alastair Cook will be fit for Wednesday's third one-day international against Sri Lanka.

A British security guard who shot dead two colleagues in Iraq had not been properly vetted, a BBC investigation reveals.

Concerns over immigration - and Britons' response to it - lead some newspapers, while others focus on claims of in-fighting among Liberal Democrats.

EU leaders back consultations on future agenda after Eurosceptic voters send "strong message," European Council President Herman Van Rompuy says.

Archaeologists have identified what they say is the earliest dental implant known from Western Europe.

At least 21 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital in Janseong county, South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reports.

Gillian Flynn, author of the bestseller Gone Girl, is to write a new twist on Hamlet as part of a series to mark 400 years since Shakespeare's death.

A motorist was caught driving at 149mph (240km/h) on the M25, a study of the fastest drivers caught by speeds cameras in England and Wales reveals.