Most opera singers are content to take a bow at the end of their performance but Jon Roche went a step further – and went down on bended knee. The tenor, 38, then pulled out a ring and asked chorus member Polly Greenwood, 31, to marry [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 11:22 GMT Mr Watson had been walkign close to the Bellfield interchange when he was hit by the car An 18-year-old man has died after being struck by a car while walking along a main road in Ayrshire. The [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 10:08 GMT A couple and five children have been taken to hospital after a fire which destroyed their caravan at a park in Gwynedd. The incident happened just before 08:00 BST at Cefn Ddwysarn near [...]

By Steve HoldenNewsbeat reporter in Londonderry Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro Gates have opened for day two of Radio 1′s Big Weekend in [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 11:39 GMT Councillor Terry Chivers said workmen had “made a great job of it” but no one knows why it has been placed in the middle of a field A councillor has criticised the council for [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 11:39 GMT Elaine Spence said the bee rustlers must have expert knowledge of hives Bees have been battling bad weather, loss of habitat and possible pesticide effects but now keepers are facing a new [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 11:39 GMT Elaine Spence said the bee rustlers must have expert knowledge of hives Bees have been battling bad weather, loss of habitat and possible pesticide effects but now keepers are facing a new [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 11:51 GMT A man who handed himself into Chinese authorities in connection with a UK sex offences inquiry has been charged after being extradited. Neil Robinson was detained at Heathrow Airport on Friday [...]

Link to video: Woolwich attack: Muslim cleric Anjem Choudray claims he knew murder suspect The two suspects in the butchering to death of a British soldier had been known to the domestic security service MI5 and [...]

A mother who confronted a man suspected of killing a British soldier yesterday says she did so in an “act of instinct.” LONDON – A mother-of-two who confronted a blood-soaked, knife-carrying man in the moments after what is [...]

May 24, 2013 | 1:25 pm | Print Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada has named Angus Friday its new Ambassador to the United States, according to Foreign [...]

Police in London have arrested a man and a woman in connection with the murder of a British soldier near a military barrack. Detectives said on Thursday they had arrested the unidentified suspects, both aged 29, over the murder of Drummer [...]

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Iroquois and her embarked helicopter air detachment will participate in the United Kingdom’s Battle of the Atlantic commemoration ceremonies in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Sunday, May 26, according to a news [...]

The United Kingdom is looking to share a bigger slice of Saskatchewan’s economic prosperity, says a visiting U.K cabinet Minister. “The cake is getting bigger,” said Alistair Burt, regarding Saskatchewan’s economic growth. [...]

What happened yesterday in Woolwich has sickened us all. On our televisions last night and in our newspapers this morning we have all seen images that are deeply shocking. The people who did this are trying to divide us – they should [...]

Facebook Ready To Spend Heavily To Promote A Successful Facebook Home Launch [...]

Editor’s note: Are you there? Share your photos and videos. London (CNN) — Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, [...]

Police say alleged threat was made aboard plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England, but incident not considered terror. An RAF Typhoon aircraft of the type that escorted a passenger plane into Stansted Airport in southern [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 06:23 GMT The newspapers report on the moves to tackle radical Islam following Drummer Lee Rigby’s murder in south-east London on Wednesday. The Guardian says British universities are to launch [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 07:18 GMT By Bob Howard Reporter, Money Box Hundreds of customers have found direct debits they cancelled years ago have been restarted The information [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 07:08 GMT By Beth Rose BBC News Online A group of 15 will travel to Spain to help The AutistiX on their first tour A group of north London [...]

Former England hooker and rugby commentator Brian Moore talks to Matthew Stadlen about the appeal of playing in the front row, his difficulty with praise, being the victim of sexual abuse as a child, and why he never read Shakespeare to his [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 07:13 GMT Tony Hancock lived in Bournemouth from the age of three Forty-five years after he took his own life, comedian Tony Hancock is still regarded as one of the pioneers of British television [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 01:03 GMT By Melanie Abbott Radio 4′s The Report There is now no time limit for prosecuting those who engage in sexual intercourse with a child An [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 10:41 GMT By Neil Prior BBC News As a result of Prof Bowen’s work the Royal Navy and RAF were able to break the Germans navy’s stranglehold [...]

Away from the demands of royal duty, the Queen’s private passion is for the world of horses. A one-off BBC documentary presented by Clare Balding charts the Queen’s enduring relationship with horses and an astonishing 65-year career [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 00:58 GMT By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter, BBC News Inside an electricity smart meter By the year 2020 about 30 million British homes will have [...]

25 May 2013 Last updated at 01:02 GMT By Steven McKenzie BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter Ioana Ruxandra Bratosin, right, as a young Mary, Queen of Scots, in 2004 [...]

The number of patients taking part in clinical trials in England has trebled in five years. Figures from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) show almost 638,000 patients volunteered last year. The rise may surprise some, given [...]

Police have arrested two men after RAF jets were scrambled to escort a passenger plane travelling from Pakistan to the UK. The Typhoons diverted the plane from Manchester airport to Stansted where emergency services were standing by. The Pakistan [...]