The lead counsel to the Leveson Inquiry, Robert Jay QC, has been appointed as a High Court judge, the Ministry of Justice says.

Cleveland's police chief says the three women held captive in an Ohio house for about a decade were restrained with ropes and chains.

Tinker Tailor star Gary Oldman and Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard star in the latest video from David Bowie, featuring Catholic clergymen.

ExxonMobil and Statoil agree to invest $4bn to jointly develop an oil field in the Gulf of Mexico thought to contain six billion barrels of oil and gas.

The man accused of killing 12 in the July massacre at a Batman film in Colorado intends to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyers say.

Labour needs to be "performing better than we are now" to win the next general election, former cabinet minister Peter Hain says.

Outbreaks of measles are putting Europe's commitment to eliminate the disease by 2015 under threat, the World Health Organization warns.

A memorial to the "forgotten heroes" who worked in coal mines during World War II is officially dedicated.