Defending champion Humphries loses Grand Slam opener

Austria may lift veto preventing Romania and Bulgaria joining Schengen

Austria's Interior Minister has hinted that Austria could lift its veto on full Schengen area membership for Romania and Bulgaria after improvements in border protection.

Austria's Health Ministry declares whole country an avian influenza high risk area

Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease that occurs mainly in poultry and wild water birds but transmission to humans remains rare.

Police: Shawn Seesahai's murder was shocking and saddening

A senior West Midlands Police officer says the murder of 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai in a Wolverhampton park last year was both "shocking and saddening". Two boys, the youngest knife murderers in the UK, have both been handed life sentences with a minimum term of eight-and-a-half years. Chief Superintendent Kim Madill, speaking outside Nottingham Crown Court adds, "the impact of knife crime is devastating no matter where you live in the country". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Two boys sentenced for Shawn Seesahai's murder

Two boys, believed to be the youngest knife murderers in the UK, have received eight-year minimum terms for murdering Shawn Seesahai in a Wolverhampton park last year. Justice Amanda Tipples told the boys, who are now 13, "when you killed Shawn he was 19, starting out in his adult life with everything to live for". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn