The father of former Premier League and England footballers Gary and Phil Neville will be charged with sexual assault.

It is set to be the next big thing for gadget lovers everywhere. But users of Google Glass, a high-tech pair of spectacles with in-built hands-free video camera and internet access, are being given some basic advice – take them off when visiting public conveniences.

Police in England say they have new leads in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who vanished in Portugal in 2007.

A woman running a private banking operation in China has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of defrauding investors.

Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia.

A couple suspected of being terrorists were shot dead after using their baby as a human shield when they were surrounded by police in Kenya.

A British father is being questioned in France on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children, local police said.

Madeleine McCann's parents are said to be "very, very pleased" with Scotland Yard's review of their daughter's disappearance, as it emerged detectives have identified "more than a handful of people of interest" in the case.