Family and friends of the Georgian luger who was killed at the Vancouver Winter Olympics have gathered for his funeral.

A British soldier killed in Afghanistan on Thursday has been named as Lance Sergeant David Walker of 1st Battalion Scots Guards.

Tiger Woods has broken his three-month silence and issued a moving apology in a televised news conference close to his home in Florida.

South Korean police have arrested a second-hand shop owner suspected of stealing 1,720 pairs of shoes at funerals.

Melting Icelandic glaciers may be contributing to the dusty fallout that helps car washes stay in business, research suggests.

A soldier killed in Afghanistan has been named as Lieutenant Douglas "Dougie" Dalzell.