People have more control over their feelings than is often realised, he believed

A trio of US-led consortiums have formed to bid on the Ministry of Defence’s hugely controversial quasi-privatisation of the £14bn agency that buys the armed forces’ submarines, tanks and air-to-air missiles.

High-profile sprinters are among six athletes to have failed drug tests in the space of 24 hours

Out of America: As summers get hotter we will see more blazes like the one that killed 19 firefighters last week

Wildfire prompted evacuations of at least 50 homes

You may only be familiar with GA Henty's name if you walk the dog in London's Brompton Cemetery, where he's buried, but in his time he was very well known indeed. A prolific novelist and special correspondent who reported on the appalling conditions of the Crimean War, he wrote 122 novels by my count, and you'll probably find one or two on the shelves of your local Ukip office, assuming anyone there can read.

He is already considering his next death-defying feat in New York

Armchair thrill-seekers will be able to watch a high-wire walker cross the Grand Canyon, Arizona without a harness on television late tonight.

This year’s meeting of the Group of Eight – or the G8 – begins in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on Monday. The summit draws the world’s most powerful leaders – as well as protests and disruption.

City manager 'deeply sorry' for ploy

A range of explosives were discovered comprising pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails, a Drano bomb and a napalm bomb

The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy  – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness. Bravo, says Simon Usborne

The cinema shooter - at a premiere screening on the Dark Knight Rises - killed 12 and injured 70

A British poker champion has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the murder of his wife in America 16 years ago.