A US student's video rant over an attack on his sister has become YouTube's most-watched video of the year.

Wall Street showed signs of life to today, closing sharply higher after a drop in existing home sales and sturdy economic growth calmed investors’ inflation jitters and motivated them to buy stocks after two weeks of losses.

Solid employment data renewed Wall Street’s inflation worries and sent stocks skidding today, with a bond sell-off overshadowing a fresh drop in oil prices.

FOUR gang members convicted of killing British teenagers Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare at a New Year’s party in Birmingham were yesterday jailed for life at Leicester Crown Court.

Four men were today found guilty of murdering two teenage girls who were gunned down outside a New Year party two years ago.