David Beckham's dreams of playing in a fourth World Cup looked doomed after he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury.
Gordon Brown has intervened personally in a bid to prevent planned strike action by British Airways cabin crew.
Two Americans and a Mexican linked to an American consulate have been gunned down by suspected drug gang hitmen in Mexico.
A driver who sparked a dramatic police chase after the accelerator pedal on his Toyota became stuck is facing questions over his version of events.
An avalanche at a snowmobile race in Canada has left three people dead and up to 30 more missing.
Three prisoners who absconded from HMP North Sea Camp in Boston, Lincolnshire, remain at large, police say.