A man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds today following a "serious incident" understood to involve a serving British soldier.

The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into a river.

The Woolwich killers are of Nigerian background, sources have confirmed, but it is understood they are most likely to be British citizens converted to a radical form of Islam.

A woman who risked her life to confront an armed man suspected of slaughtering a British soldier in broad daylight has described how she tried to calm him moments after the barbaric attack.

The tearful family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby today spoke of their pride for him.

Two men have been arrested after separate attacks on mosques following the terrorist incident in Woolwich.

A major police operation was launched today after two suspected terrorists murdered a man in the street in broad daylight.

An RAF Typhoon jet today escorted a passenger plane into Stansted Airport following an incident on board.