The clamour for tickets for Michael Jackson's public memorial has begun - but the singer's British fans will be left disappointed.

Around 25 people are feared trapped in a block of flats after a fire swept through the building.

British hopes for a home-grown Wimbledon champion have been crushed after Andy Murray crashed out of the tournament.

Some of the British Embassy's Iranian staff held in Tehran will be put on trial, ruling clerics have said.

A violent footballer has been given two life sentences after he admitted killing his ex-girlfriend seven years after being cleared of the crime.

A jealous martial arts expert who strangled his partner after learning she planned to leave him for another man has been found guilty of murder.

A man whose girlfriend burnt to death in a car after he crashed into a tree while drunk has been jailed for six years.

Prince Charles has paid tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, the most senior British officer killed in Afghanistan.

An investigation is under way following the discovery of a man's body in the undercarriage of a plane after it arrived from Africa, police have said.

The body of an elderly woman lay undiscovered in her flat for up to five years.