David Cameron and his family pay tribute to their late father, saying he had "touched a lot of lives".

The UK's goods trade deficit widened to a record high in July after imports rose sharply and exports fell from the previous month.

The number of marriages in Scotland rises in the spring after falling for more than a year, figures show.

China warns Japan that their wider relationship will suffer if Tokyo mishandles a dispute about a Chinese fishing boat seized in disputed waters.

A British journalist held captive by militants in north-west Pakistan since March is released.

The mother and cousin of a 14-year-old Bristol girl who went missing with her young child appeal for her to come home.

A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is detained by the authorities on security charges.

Police in Cornwall are investigating after three budgerigars were stamped to death and 21 others were stolen from a leading breeder's house.

A woman is charged with the attempted murder of her 12-year-old son at her home in Liverpool.

Nottinghamshire look to hold off the chasing pack of Somerset, Yorkshire and Lancashire, while Kent and Hampshire battle against relegation.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the tactics of his opponents, in a BBC interview ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum.

The referendum on independence for Southern Sudan is a "ticking time bomb", US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.

Pictures reveal new side to life in trend-setting Soweto

A former bodyguard for Britney Spears files a sexual harassment lawsuit against the pop star.

Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £17.5m by the UK's financial watchdog.

Rapper Tinie Tempah leads the way in the nominations for this year's Mobo Awards in Liverpool with four nods.

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The UK's fourth biggest grocer, Morrisons, says it hopes to trial online shopping and convenience stores next year.

Plus-size models make New York Fashion Week debut