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Crows recognise and respond to familiar human voices and the calls of other bird species, according to researchers.

Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, has been giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics.

Around 900,000 tickets for the London 2012 Olympics, including events such as the men's 100m final, go on sale - initially to 20,000 unsuccessful bidders.

Plaid Cymru secures the leadership of Ceredigion council for the first time at the head of a coalition, as talks go on in other county halls where no party has a majority.

The operators of a helicopter which ditched in the North Sea say they will continue a suspension of flights over the weekend.

South-west England, the Midlands and parts of Yorkshire are no longer in drought following heavy rain in recent weeks, the Environment Agency said.

A man and a woman are being questioned on suspicion of murdering five children who died in a house fire in Derby.

A man has jumped from a moving car to rescue his four-year-old daughter, who fell from the same car at a busy crossroad in Wenzhou city.

The European Commission's spring forecasts predict that the eurozone economy will contract by 0.3% in 2012, but grow by 1% next year.

Proceedings are interrupted in the trial of Norway's mass killer as a victim's brother throws a shoe and shouts at Anders Behring Breivik.

America's top military officer condemns a training course taught at a US military college that advocated a "total war" against Muslims.

The career of combat photographer Horst Faas

Trafford councillors approve a hotel scheme by former Man Utd star Gary Neville despite the club's objections.

Four French travellers narrowly avoid a holiday disaster after wrongly booking a hotel in their own country for a visit to the Scots island of Jura.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is hoping "something stupid" happens to Manchester City to gift his team the title.

A Nato soldier in eastern Afghanistan has been shot dead by a man in an Afghan army uniform, officials say.

McLaren's Jenson Button edges out Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull to go quickest in practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Clinton Cards may have gone into administration, but the UK is actually sending more greeting cards than ever.

A Greek-owned oil tanker has been hijacked by suspected Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea near Oman, the ship's operator says.

The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) calls on the Nigerian government to do more to deal with a deadly outbreak of lead poisoning.