Oxford to ban all petrol and diesel cars by 2020
All cars, trucks, vans and buses must be electric vehicles in three years time. Anyone caught driving a non-electric car will be fined £60.
Colorado marijuana sales break $1bn barrier in first eight months of 2017
Cannabis sales have already brought in over $70 million in tax revenues for the US state so far this year.
This terrifying 4,000ft-high glass bridge 'cracks' as you walk along it
Tour guide was brought to his knees as the 3,871 feet-high walkway started to 'crack' underneath him.
You're more likely to die after an operation if your surgeon is a man
The risk of dying after surgery is 12% less if your surgeon is a woman rather than a man, a new study by the British Medical Journal has revealed.
Salvator Mundi: The da Vinci painting which sold for £45 in 1958 is expected to fetch £75m at auction
The painting of the Renaissance master is the last privately owned da Vinci artwork currently in existence.
Death by overwork: Another Tokyo Olympics worker kills himself after clocking 190 hours of overtime
'Death by overwork', known as 'karoshi' in Japanese, claims the lives of hundreds of the nation's employees every year.
France's nuclear plants are highly vulnerable to terror attacks, Greenpeace warns
EDF's spent-fuel pools have not been properly designed to withstand external threats, such as a terror attack, according to international experts.
Who is Kim Yo-jong? Everything we know about Kim Jong-un's little sister and chief adviser
She has quietly been working her way up the political ranks ever since the leader's anointment in 2011, and is now considered one of his closest confidantes.
Dutch 'pull a pig' prankster says people are threatening his family: 'I am just being ripped apart'
Jesse Matema denies playing the cruel prank on Sophie Stevenson and is claiming damages from the Brit.
£70,000 cannabis factory raided in Cambridgeshire town
Police discovered a crop of 114 plants at the property in the market town of Wisbech.
The Netherlands finally forms coalition government seven months after election
208 days after Mark Rutte's Freedom and Democracy Party (VVD) won the election, a deal has finally been agreed with three other parties.
Leytonstone knife attack: Police called to London high street following 'machete attack'
East London high street has been sealed off and the 257 and 339 bus routes have both been diverted as a result.
France warns Catalonia that it will automatically be expelled from EU upon independence
French government called on Spanish and Catalan government to engage in talks as tensions mount in wantaway region.
Far-right demonstrators perform Nazi salutes in protest against Catalan independence
Spain's prime minister has said he will take legal measures to stop Catalonia becoming independent, despite recent ballot result.
Storm Nate sends hundreds of catfish flying onto Mississippi streets
Tropical storm brought powerful winds and severe flooding to the southern US states after Nate landed near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Five years ago the Taliban shot Malala in the head. Here are 5 incredible things she's done since.
Malala's astonishing achievements have left many wondering whether the young woman is a future world leader.
Zookeeper mauled to death by white tiger cubs in India
Felines pounced as man tried to guide them back into their enclosure at Bannerghatta Biological Park.
White supremacists return to Charlottesville two months after violent protests
Gathered in front of the statue of Confederate General Robert.E Lee, they chanted: "You will not replace us. You will not erase us."
Nearly four tonnes of cocaine with a value of £200m has been seized on a tugboat in the Atlantic
Spanish authorities intercepted boat carrying 3,700 tonnes of cocaine off the coast of Portuguese island Madeira.
How Clooney was asked by international prosecutor to spy on Colonel Gaddafi in Libya
He asked Hollywood actor to use commercial satellites to document evidence of war crimes committed by Gaddafi and his general during Libyan civil war.
Angelina Jolie 'offered' to help snare Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony in honeytrap dinner
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor also asked George Clooney to help him spy on Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.
Hurricane Nate lands in US bringing 85 mph winds and torrential rain
Hurricane caused serious flooding in southern US states but weakened on Sunday and was downgraded to a tropical storm.
Theresa May 'prepared to demote' Boris Johnson after conference speech disaster
The foreign secretary asserted his loyalty to May in his Sunday Telegraph column, urging Tory MPs and voters to get behind the PM.
Man cleared of murdering toddler daughter after 7-year-old son confesses to killing her
Anthony Michael Sanders was charged with capital murder for allegedly suffocating the two-year-old girl.
Steve Bannon called all mosques 'factories of hate' in email to Milo Yiannopoulos
New documents reveal how Bannon and Yiannopoulos planned to thrust white supremacist and neo-Nazi values into US mainstream.
Anti-nukes group wins Nobel Peace Prize amid fears of nuclear war and North Korea threat
Committee said the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the award for its "groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty prohibition."
French 'jihadi granny' followed son to Syria because she wanted to spend time with him 'before he died'
She told judges that she preferred living in Syria to France "despite the bombings and the shootings".
Student arrested on US campus with body armour and deadly arsenal days after Las Vegas shooting
Officers arrested 28-year-old Alexander Barowski after finding a handgun, parts of an AR-15 rifle, ammunition and body armour in his truck.
Belfast barber shop under fire for Kim Jong-un 'bad hair day' poster
A local councillor warned that the poster would not "go down very well" in Northern Ireland's capital.
As war rages on, Syria's football team is close to qualifying for the World Cup
The team's success has left many Syrians feeling conflicted due to its strong ties with President Assad.
