Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, sources said.

A US tour bus careered through a guard-rail along an icy road and several hundred feet down a steep embankment, killing nine people and injuring more than 20 others, authorities said.

Victoria Pendleton admits her relegation in the first of her women’s sprint final heats against Australian rival Anna Meares left her stunned.

A woman in the UK had corrosive liquid thrown at her in a suspected race attack as she walked with her six-month-old baby.

IT IS difficult keeping up with Mrs Wolfe.

A US Marine Corps squad leader has been charged with murdering 12 people and ordering other Marines under his command to kill six people during an incident that left 24 civilians dead in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year.

The US Marine Corps today planned to charge seven Marines and one sailor with murder in connection with the April death of an Iraqi civilian, a defence official said.