A teenager shot dead in south London was a "model athlete", says the secretary of the club where he trained.

The eyesight of children under six could be harmed by 3D games played on Nintendo's forthcoming handheld console, the company warns.

Estonia becomes the 17th member of the eurozone - the first former Soviet republic to adopt the EU's single currency.

A series of tornadoes in the south and mid-western US kill six people, injure several others and cause power outages for thousands in the region.

Hundreds of thousands of revellers welcome in the new year at open-air parties around the UK.

Up to 250,000 people see the New Year's Eve fireworks display on the River Thames in central London.

Sri Lanka's government decides to change the names of all state institutions still bearing the nation's former British colonial name, Ceylon.

More than half of councils in England have yet to comply with government demands to publish spending, with a month to go before the deadline.