Andy Murray hopes his suspect ankle stands up to the demands of competitive singles when he takes on Xavier Malisse in the second round of the Aegon Championships on Wednesday.

Protesters set off a smoke flare to disrupt a talk given in central London by an academic who is helping to launch a new private college.

US police say they want to search a house where they believe there is a mass grave containing up to 30 bodies in rural east Texas.

The BBC announces that the men's and women's finals of this year's Wimbledon Championships will be its first ever 3D broadcasts.

Doctors in Manchester and Glasgow have begun treating NHS asthma patients with a pioneering treatment described as "melting away" muscle in the airways.

The poorest pensioner households cut their food spending during very cold spells of weather to cover the cost of heating, a report says.

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Bing and Facebook are among companies taking part in a trial of the IPv6 internet address system.

Nat Fraser is set to learn if his conviction for the murder of his wife Arlene has been quashed when he appears at the High Court in Edinburgh later.