Five-time champion Serena Williams was given a code violation during her win, while BBC commentators had to apologise for Heather Watson’s (pictured) ‘colourful language’.

Unemployed Matthew Hardie (pictured) abseiled his way down Reading’s tallest building, The Blade, wearing his complete Batman outfit. He receives weekly hand-outs for a serious back condition.

Opened by the Queen in 1969, the final passengers flew out from London Heathrow Terminal 1 last night on a British Airways flight to Hannover at 9.15pm.

At least 45 people are dead after an Indonesian Air Force plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood today, crushing houses as it exploded into a ball of flames.

Police discovered the bodies of Lisa Anthony, 47, and her daughter Ava, 14, yesterday morning after they were called to their home on this gated street in Esher, Surrey.

The only thing keeping him politically afloat at home is the prospect of a presidential campaign.

(Reuters) – The superintendent and deputy superintendent of the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York state have been put on administrative leave after two inmates escaped, setting off a three-week manhunt, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing a state official.

LIVINGSTON, N.J. (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told donors and friends on Tuesday he intends to run for the Republican presidential nomination, The Washington Post reported, joining a large field of candidates seeking to win the White House next year.

Police responding to race-related protests and riots in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer made a series of missteps, including antagonizing crowds with attack dogs and military-style tactics, according to a U.S. report obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Justice Department report is a summary of a longer report due this week, and reviews the actions […]

The U.S. economy probably bounced back to an annual growth rate of around 2.5 percent in the second quarter, and the labor market is approaching full employment, Federal Reserve vice chairman Stanley Fischer said on Tuesday.