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.

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

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.

Two tourists died and 23 others were injured when two hot air balloons collided in mid-air during a sightseeing tour in Turkey, causing one to crash.

Television footage shows flattened buildings and fires after a mile (1.6 kilometre)-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City area.

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

Liverpool and England footballer Raheem Sterling had a charge of common assault dropped today after a witness failed to turn up to court.