Russia says a resolution on Syria passed by the UN General Assembly undermines peace efforts there as fighting continues on the ground.

The supermarket group Tesco is to start offering mortgages via its Tesco Bank, which will accrue Clubcard points.

Britain's Olympic chief says it is "wholly unacceptable" that so many top athletes have been privately educated.

Scientists from Edinburgh University pinpoint a gene they say could help improve diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.

A man is convicted by a US jury of murdering his ex-wife's husband - a graphic designer formerly living in Kent - in a shooting in front of his family.

Great Britain will be hoping for more gold medals on Olympics "Super Saturday" - one of the Games' busiest days with 25 titles to be won - after securing a further three on Friday.

The man behind unofficial alerts that tell people which Olympic tickets are available is "shell-shocked" by it being blocked.

Sudan and South Sudan have ended a dispute on oil payments that has paralysed both countries' economies, says African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki.