Ireland's Padraig Harrington says he will add a European tour event to his schedule after missing the cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.

Four men are arrested after eggs and shoes are thrown at former Prime Minister Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin.

An elderly man found dead at a house in Surrey had received a fatal stab wound to the heart, post-mortem tests reveal.

The Italian government is inviting private companies to sponsor the Colosseum to help fund repairs.

The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987.

The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link.

Israel carries out three bombing raids on the Gaza Strip, killing one man and injuring another.

A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five soldiers and wounds about 40 others.

Police in New Zealand name nine people, including four foreigners, who died when a light aircraft crashed after taking off from Fox Glacier on Saturday.

The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals.

Escaping the hustle and bustle of city life in Ontario

An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency, her son says.

Five-time champion Roger Federer cruises into the fourth round of the US Open with a straight sets win over Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Armed robbers in Barbados have set fire to a clothing shop in the capital, Bridgetown, killing six people who were inside.

Thousands of tonnes of US military equipment have been moved out of Iraq but plenty has been left behind - and not just for the troops who remain there.

Phone hack claims in some papers

The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.

Prosecutors in Bahrain accuse 23 Shia activists of forming a "terrorist network" aiming to overthrow the Gulf state's Sunni-dominated government.

Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.

A series of aftershocks rattle Christchurch, New Zealand, where a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage.