Fast bowler Liam Plunkett says England are favourites to win their World Cup semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston on Thursday.

GCHQ is 100 years old - here are some of their previously unseen gadgets, including "secret dust".

Watch the quirkier moments from day eight at Wimbledon as Andy Murray declares Serena Williams the "boss" of MurRena and an umpire takes a comedy fall.

The PAWmicon event saw pet owners in San Diego get creative with costumes for themselves and their pets.

The family's lawyer says the cruise company should not have left an open window in a play area.

Johanna Konta reacts angrily when questioned on her big-point mentality after another golden Grand Slam opportunity goes begging.

The star is bypassing traditional retailers by selling Haus Laboratories with the online giant.

Blogger Yang Hengjun has not been heard from since being arrested for "endangering national security".

A popular god has been invoked in attacks on Indian Muslims, deepening fears of religious polarisation.

Emanuela Orlandi disappeared on her way home and now the Vatican has agreed to open two tombs.

A passenger in Durban filmed him in his cab and he has since become a viral hit.

At least 20% of the most common gulls carry the bacteria, which scientists fear can be passed on to humans.

Sudan's opposition has accused its military leaders of allowing foreign powers to exploit the country.

Matthew Cruikshank has a potential daily audience of more than five billion people.

How does blind dressage rider, Nicola Naylor, compete nationally and internationally in para and non-disabled events if she can't see?

People with a rare condition called mirror-touch synesthesia could help scientists understand empathy.

It's 50 years since the first ever manned landing on the Moon - what was involved?

Completed in 1721, the Lombe brothers' five-storey textile mill was quickly copied around the world.

A six year old who had an aggressive tumour in her eye has been fitted with a prosthetic in Jordan and is returning to home to Yemen.

US Marine General Joseph Dunford wants to "ensure freedom of navigation" in the Gulf and off Yemen.

At least 24 people are dead, including two pregnant women, in tribal violence in Papua New Guinea.