Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged in the US with running a sophisticated hacking organisation, stealing at least 160 million credit card numbers and causing losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Belfast actor Ciaran Hinds is returning to the stage for the first time in 12 years.

Billionaire software engineer Charles Simonyi, on the verge of blasting off as the world’s fifth paying private space traveller, said today he hopes his journey will help develop civilian space flights.