Former rugby World Cup winner, 47, tells BBC he has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease The former England rugby union captain and 2003 World Cup winner, Lewis Moody, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease, he has told the BBC. The 47-year-old told the BBC of his diagnosis on Monday, two weeks after being given the news. Continue reading...

Some rail services in Scotland to end early on Friday as weather warnings in place throughout Britain into weekend Commuters across the UK have been warned about the possibility of widespread travel disruption as Storm Amy looks set to batter the country into the weekend. The first named storm of the season has prompted weather warnings throughout Britain for heavy rain and strong winds of up to 95mph. Continue reading...

Power knocked out and buildings and roads damaged as rescuers search for casualties A 6.9-magnitude quake has struck off the the central Philippines coast, damaging buildings and roads and knocking out power in parts of the region, as rescuers searched for casualties. Municipal workers checked a collapsed public building and a gym, both in the north of the island of Cebu, hours after the quake struck at sea off its northern tip at 9:59pm (1359 GMT), a provincial rescue official, Wilson Ramos, said. Continue reading...