Some of the stranger stories from around the world

The ex-boyfriend of a heavily pregnant woman who lost her baby after a “sickening” attack in the street has appeared in court charged with child destruction.

William and Kate have named their baby daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Kensington Palace has announced.

A huge manhunt is under way for a Lithuanian builder following the double murder of a man and woman in a village house in England.

Intelligence agencies in the UK could not prevent the murder of soldier Lee Rigby despite his killers featuring in a total of seven error-filled operations before the attack, a British parliamentary watchdog has found.

The mother of a UK man who died after taking part in the NekNominate online drinking craze wept today as she told his inquest that he would still be alive if it were not for the game.

Transport chiefs have launched an investigation after a gay couple were reportedly thrown off a bus for kissing.

Transport chiefs in England have launched an investigation after a gay couple were reportedly thrown off a bus for kissing.

A man accused of beheading a grandmother with a machete in her back garden has refused to appear via video link at the Old Bailey court in London today.

Peaches Geldof was a heroin addict who had been taking the substitute drug methadone in the two and a half years before her death, an inquest has heard.

One of the Islamic fanatics who murdered soldier Lee Rigby has been given permission to appeal against his sentence.

A Crohn’s disease sufferer has lost a High Court challenge against what she claims is an “unlawful” decision to refuse her funding for her eggs to be frozen before she undergoes chemotherapy.

A Crohn’s disease sufferer is challenging what she claims is an “unlawful” decision to refuse her funding for her eggs to be frozen before she undergoes chemotherapy.

Rapper Professor Green has been banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay £525 fine and costs after pleading guilty to drink-driving.

One of the Muslim fanatics who murdered soldier Lee Rigby has been sentenced to die behind bars and the other jailed for at least 45 years for the horrifying killing.

Two British men have today been found guilty of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.

One of the men accused of murdering Lee Rigby has offered no evidence in his defence.

One of the men accused of murdering Lee Rigby has told a jury he loves al-Qaida and does not regret what happened to the soldier.

One of the alleged murderers of British Fusilier Lee Rigby told detectives the soldier was struck in the neck until his head “almost detached”, a court in London has heard.

A first aider who rushed to help murdered soldier Lee Rigby heard one of his alleged killers talking about “religion and Afghanistan”, a court has heard.

The widow of soldier Lee Rigby left court in tears today as jurors heard eyewitness accounts of how he was run over and attacked with a meat cleaver and knives.

Soldier Lee Rigby was the victim of “a cowardly and callous murder” by two men who wanted witnesses to see “the consequence of their barbarous acts”, a jury in England has heard.

A former BBC driver charged with sex offences as part of the investigation triggered by allegations of abuse against Jimmy Savile has been found dead at his home.

A former driver charged with sex offences as part of the investigation triggered by allegations of abuse against Jimmy Savile has been found dead at his home.

Two men accused of murdering a British soldier in London earlier this year have pleaded not guilty.

Members of an Islamic centre in Britain which suffered a suspected overnight arson attempt have said they are “very saddened” by what appears to be an anti-Muslim attack.

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has made billions out of the sport, but now faces the greatest test of his life off the racing circuit after his indictment this week over bribery allegations, reports Kyran FitzGerald

Terrorism plots in the UK are becoming simpler and smaller - unlike the 7/7 attacks designed to cause mass casualties.

The first man to be charged in the police inquiry prompted by claims into disgraced TV presenter Jimmy Savile has denied a string of sex offences.

A woman gave the baby of a complete stranger a feeding bottle containing bleach, a court heard today.

Teacher Jeremy Forrest was today found guilty of abducting a 15-year-old girl who he took to France when their sexual affair was about to be exposed.

A teacher in the UK who allegedly abducted a schoolgirl to France will not give evidence in his defence.

Four teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with a fire at an Islamic boarding school in Chislehurst, south east London.

Anti-Muslim activity reported in the wake of soldier Lee Rigby’s death was mainly online abuse which peaked on the day after the brutal killing, police chiefs have said.

A task force for tackling radicalisation in the UK set up by the British Prime Minister in the wake of soldier Lee Rigby’s murder is to meet monthly in a bid to deal with extremism head on, a Downing Street spokesman has said.

A 21-year-old arrested in connection with the murder of soldier Lee Rigby has denied any involvement in the “atrocity”.

Police will today question one of the men suspected of murdering Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, a week after the soldier’s death.

The family of one of the men suspected of murdering a soldier in Woolwich today expressed “profound shame and distress” over the death, as a second accused killer was discharged from hospital after being shot by police.

A man was arrested today by counter-terrorism officers in connection with the death of Drummer Lee Rigby, Scotland Yard said.

A total of four people including the two men shot by police have now been arrested in connection with the murder of a soldier in Woolwich.

The British Prime Minister said that the people who carried out yesterday's suspected terrorist murder in south east London are sickening individuals.

A woman who risked her life to confront an armed man suspected of slaughtering a British soldier in broad daylight has described how she tried to calm him moments after the barbaric attack.

One of the men behind a barbaric terror attack on the streets of London today was filmed wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and saying, “We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you.”

Two suspected terrorists have “brutally murdered” a man on a London street in broad daylight prompting a major emergency response from the British Government.