Italy fail to qualify for World Cup for first time in 60 years after play-off defeat to Sweden
The Italians had qualified for 13 consecutive World Cups but will not appear at Russia 2018 after losing in a play-off defeat to Sweden on Monday (13 November).
Mystery surrounds man found dead in a field next to suitcase, decanter and a wedding catalogue
A mystery man was discovered half naked in middle of a field near Canterbury, in Kent, with a wedding catalogue addressed to 'Mandy Martin' and a book on clinical theology.
Iraqi man who took Spice for the first time beat to death fellow inmate in detention centre
Zana Yusif has been jailed for 15 years after he killed vulnerable Bangladeshi grandfather Tarek Chowdhury, 64, in a cell at the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in London.
Pulp Fiction-obsessed schoolboy, 15, asked student to film as he fatally stabbed teacher 7 times
Will Cornick, 19, stabbed to death school teacher Ann Maguire during a school Spanish lesson in 2014 at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Hope Solo accuses ex-Fifa president Sepp Blatter of grabbing her 'ass'
The US international goalkeeper Hope Solo has accused former Fifa president Sepp Blatter of sexual harassment, in an interview with a Portuguese newspaper.
Isis supporters hack Swedish morning radio and play jihadi recruitment anthem for 30 minutes
The Isis supporters played the song 'For the sake of Allah' on repeat until the broadcaster took control of the transmission and cancelled the song after 30 minutes.
Church says 'we are not a gun free zone' and invites congregation to bring weapons in wake of Texas massacre
Ronald Russell, the pastor at the Lighthouse Mexico Church of God in Oswego County, New York, says allowing guns in the church is a method of protecting his people.
Bomb explodes outside busy city bar in Naples
The bomb exploded outside the Le Shabby Café, close to Dante Square, Naples, at around 3.25am on Friday (19 November).
Abusive thug, who killed lover's chihuahua by kicking it against wall as she looked on, jailed
Serial domestic abuser Adam McCarthy, 28, killed ex-girlfriend Sophie Ing's pet chihuahua 'outright' during a blazing row at his home in Sunderland, where he also attacked her.
Cannibal poet murdered girlfriend and ate her brain after Women's Day celebration
Dmitry Luchin, 21, from Valday, in the Novgorod region of Russia, was known as a talented poet with a high IQ level before he allegedly attacked his 46-year-old victim, named only as Olga B.
Barmaid caught hiding £1.6m of drugs after 'grenade' falls off wardrobe and explodes
Tina Knight was found with a huge haul of drugs that included 158kg of amphetamines worth £1.5m and just under 1kg of cocaine worth around £100,000 on the street.
Escort shot man in head twice because he was bad at oral sex, say police
Marissa Wallen, 21, has appeared in court after she allegedly shot a 36-year-old man twice in his Washington State home before stealing his wallet and fleeing.
Thugs who almost killed Kurdish-Iranian student while yelling 'go back to your own country' face jail
Reker Ahmed, a Kurdish-Iranian student and asylum seeker, was left fighting for his life with a brain haemorrhage and a fractured spine, after being attacked outside a pub in London.
Uber driver 'killed his 2 children by smothering them with petrol-soaked rag while mum slept'
Endris Mohammed, 47, from Birmingham, denies murdering Saros Endris, 8, and sister Leanor, 6, and the attempted murder of mum, Penil Teklehaimanot, but admits manslaughter.
Urgent hunt for missing 3-year-old girl 'at very real risk' after disappearing with schizophrenic mother
A High Court judge has made a plea to the public to help locate missing 3-year-old Elliana Shand, also known as Elliana Richards, who disappeared from London.
Bungling burglar, who left his DNA on empty vodka bottle at break-in, is jailed
Robert Moore, 34, of Spar Crescent, Little Hulton, Salford, targeted a home and two off-licences, stealing a bottle of Smirnoff Vodka and 20 Sterling Superking cigarettes.
Texas church gunman was mental health centre escapee who executed babies at point blank range
Reports say that Devin Patrick Kelley was treated at a mental health centre in New Mexico and briefly escaped in 2012. Kelley killed 26 people at a baptist church in Texas.
Extremely violent child murderer 'terrorised' in jail with price placed on his head by fellow inmates
Craig Smith, 28, from Birkenhead, Merseyside, was jailed for life last week after being convicted of beating his two-year-old step-son Teddy Tilston to death.
Migrant who raped and killed EU official's daughter said he was unaccompanied minor but is probably 25
Afghan refugee Hussein Khavari raped and drowned Maria Ladenburger, 19, in Freiberg in October 2016. Police found a tooth in his home which showed that Khavari is 25.
Boyfriend snapped teenager's neck after she snubbed marriage proposal, police say
Christopher Tucker, 34, was arrested in Illinois and has been extradited to Pennsylvania after allegedly killing Tara Serino, 19, from Upper Macungie, on 30 October.
Son charged with murder of father using axe and car in 'domestic dispute'
Frank Altimari, 31, was arrested in Richmond after his father Nicholas Altimari's body was found in the driveway of Nicholas' home on Saturday (4 November).
Boy in custody after female police officer shot multiple times in Virginia
A 'juvenile male' was arrested after an on-duty police officer was shot multiple times around 2.45pm on Monday (6 November) in Hickory Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Keira Knightley stalker, who said he was 'public executioner' in threatening tweets, detained indefinitely
Stalker Mark Revill has been detained indefinitely in psychiatric hospital after sending threatening tweets and repeatedly delivering letters and postcards to actress Keira Knightley's north London home.
Serial killer Rose West's nephew, abducted and raped girl, 12, after giving her cocaine and cannabis
Rose West's nephew, Steven Letts, 39, plied the girl with cocaine, cannabis and vodka after meeting her in Gloucester city centre on 6 March this year.
Florida church forced to change sign after godly message misinterpreted as sexual
The Bella Vista Baptist Church says they will remove the sign amid controversy over the meaning of the phrase outside their place-of-worship.
Couple in Sweden charged with burying woman's body in cement block in forest
A man and a woman from Sweden have been charged on suspicion of burying a woman's body in a cement block. Madelene, 29, from Järfälla, disappeared in November 2015.
'Vile' Lithuanian drug gang used waterboard torture on man they imprisoned at gunpoint
Lee Torrance was attacked at the home of Aivaras Sepronas and Jurgita Makaroviene in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in 2015. The gang has been given jail sentences totalling 50 years.
LGBT rights campaigner Julian Aubrey found brutally stabbed to death in London flat
Julian Aubrey, a sexual abuse counsellor, was knifed to death in his home in Earl's Court on Monday (30 October). The 55-year-old was a former co-chairman of an LGBT liaison group.
KFC launches bath bomb that will leave you smelling like southern fried chicken
KFC Japan has turned the smell of their famous fried chicken, made with a secret blend of herbs and spices, into a scented bath bomb in the shape of a chicken drumstick.
Student raped a 12-year-old girl he met online telling her he 'wanted to make a sex tape' with her
David Nwosu, a student at Keele University, began grooming the 12-year-old online, even telling her that he loved her. The 21-year-old has been jailed for 5 years.
