Two people are feared to have died when a light aircraft crashes near Chester, Cheshire police say.

Facebook shares fall heavily as the first lock-up period, which had prevented sales by early investors, ends.

Norway's head of police, Oeystein Maeland, resigns after an inquiry found that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik could have been stopped.

A court is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of three members of the band Pussy Riot, who performed a protest song in Moscow's cathedral.

At least 30 people were killed when police opened fire on striking miners in South Africa on Thursday, the country's police minister says.

Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are convicted of hooliganism for performing an anti-Putin song in a cathedral, at a controversial trial in Moscow.

Rio Ferdinand is found guilty of improper conduct by the FA in relation to comments he posted on Twitter.

Unilver ends its £4.41m sponsorship of Tate Modern's Turbine Hall commission, which has seen artists including Ai Weiwei, Anish Kapoor and Rachel Whiteread create free works of art in the venue.