Labour leader Ed Miliband described yesterday's murder of a soldier in Woolwich as “an act of complete cowardice”.

Islamists had for a while been uploading video footage on the internet of prisoners being beheaded by their captors. It was most prevalent in Iraq and has spread to other parts of the world where ferocious jihad was being waged.

Terror experts said that the murder is a "departure" from previous attacks and represents a "new round of terror threats in this country".

David McKittrick, a reporter at the scene of the attack on the Blues and Royals, on the day Ulster’s bloodshed shook London

Yuichiro Miura, 80, who has had heart surgery four times is already in the oxygen-deficient 'death zone'

Prosecution say former slaughterhouse worker snatched and murdered schoolgirl in a 'sexually motivated' attack

About 600 Afghan interpreters that put themselves in danger for British forces are to be given settlement rights in the UK, it was announced.

Hague warns Assad over negotiations

A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said.

Two men hanged after spying charges

Cricket's quickies and spinners tend to get far more attention than the medium-pace men, but the pantheon of seamers, swingers and off-stump naggers celebrated here by Harry Pearson reminds us what an integral part of the game bowlers operating largely in the 50-75mph zone have been down the years.

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Team has flown world-famous diamond formation for first time in 18 months after 2011 tragedies

Mohammed Abdulkadir Osman stabbed the 19-year-old to death after a fight broke out in Ayia Napa nightclub