A 13-year-old son of a US Air Force colonel dies in hospital in Oxfordshire after suffering gunshot wounds to the head.

A crew of British and Irish rowers are adrift in a life raft in the Atlantic after capsizing while trying to row from Morocco to Barbados, coastguards say.

Invasive Burmese pythons are the likely cause of a severe decline in mammals living in Florida's Everglades region, a study suggests.

China Communications Construction Company becomes the latest firm to alter its share sale plans in wake of market volatility.

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez appeals to the Premier League against the fine of six weeks' wages imposed on him by the club for gross misconduct.

The government's latest public sector pension changes will make "little or no difference" to their long-term cost, a think-tank says.

The Association of British Insurers estimates that up to 200,000 flood-prone homes could face insurance problems next year.

London's Theatreland enjoyed record box office sales in 2011 for an eighth consecutive year, according to figures released by the Society of London Theatre.