A Sussex care worker who invited a few friends to a picnic on the beach to mark Brighton's Pride celebrations is forced to call it off after 8,000 people said they would attend.

France's Mehdi Baala and Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad trade blows after a disagreement of huge proportions at the Diamond League event in Monaco.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner exits crunch debt ceiling talks at the White House with President Barack Obama, and each side blames the other.

Watchdog Consumer Focus Scotland calls for an end to doorstep sales by energy companies, amid concerns people are being misled.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp reiterates his desire to keep hold of unsettled midfielder Luka Modric, even if Chelsea push up their bid to £35m.

Thousands of people will march through Derby in support of the UK's last train maker, which lost out on a £1.4bn government contract to a German firm.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has picked up tantalising fluctuations which might - or might not - be hints of the sought-after Higgs boson particle.

At least 80 people died when a gunman opened fire at a Norwegian island youth camp, police say, hours after a deadly bomb attack on the capital, Oslo.