Gay couples who were set to get married in California this week have had to put their wedding plans on hold once again after a federal appeals court said it first wanted to consider the constitutionality of the state's same-sex marriage ban.

An Australian appeal court today overturned a judge’s ruling and jailed three men and two boys who raped a 10-year-old girl in an Outback community.

A British man has lost a retrial over his claims that an in-flight drink on Singapore Airlines contained glass, the airline said today.