Seven people are found dead with gunshot wounds in a flat in the US state of Texas, with one of them believed to have killed the other six.

A woman has died and a man has sustained serious injuries after an incident at a house in the Bilborough area of Nottingham.

Travellers on London's Underground network face disruption as drivers belonging to the union Aslef stage a 24-hour strike.

Activist hacker group Anonymous says it has stolen thousands of emails, passwords and credit card details from US-based security firm Stratfor.

Farmers are being encouraged to do more to prevent the growing problem of livestock rustling across the UK.

Stores up and down the UK will be opening their doors for the traditional Boxing Day sales, following a difficult trading year for many.

Twenty-two members of a single family are feared drowned after a boat capsized in a lake in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police say.

The Duke of Edinburgh has spent a third night in hospital and may miss the Royal Family's traditional Boxing Day shoot.