Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.

About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe's biggest match-fixing scandal.

The new EU foreign affairs chief rejects criticism of her lack of experience, saying she is the "the best person for the job".

The leader of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago is sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison.

Cumbrian police searching for an officer missing after a bridge collapsed during record rainfall find a body in police uniform.

The UK apologises to Spain after the Royal Navy uses a buoy with Spanish colours for target practice off Gibraltar.

A tearful Oprah Winfrey announces her talk show will end in September 2011 after 25 years on the air.

Fingers and a tooth cut from the body of famed astronomer Galileo Galilei have been found, an Italian museum says.

The French Football Federation turns down the Republic of Ireland's request for a replay of their controversial World Cup play-off game.

Michael Schumacher will race in Formula 1 for Mercedes' new team in 2010, BBC Sport's Eddie Jordan believes.

A body found after a bridge collapse in what the Environment Agency says is "unprecedented" flooding is missing Pc Bill Barker.

A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates say via video footage that they fear they may be killed within a week.

Police should visit each victim of crime no matter how minor the offence, the home secretary says.

An cortege conveying the bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan is the 100th repatriation procession through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett.

Children as young as 14 could be banned from wearing gang colours or having violent dogs, under government plans.

A man who carjacked a mother-of-four leaving her fighting for her life is found guilty of deliberately running her over.

Will Clinton's approach to Afghan leader pay off?

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Police are injured as Egypt fans' anger over reported violence after a World Cup game erupts in Cairo.

Police in Peru arrest members of a gang accused of killing dozens of people to sell their fat for use in cosmetics.

Vietnamese officials deny blocking access to Facebook for the site's million users, instead blaming a technical fault.

US chocolate maker Hershey considers launching a solo bid of at least $17bn (£10bn) for UK firm Cadbury, reports say.

Researchers say they have found how to use human embryonic stem cells to create skin which could help serious burns victims.

An accident involving Miley Cyrus' tour bus kills one passenger and injures several other people, US police say.

The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.

Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google.