An autobiography of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is set for release, despite his withdrawal from the book project.

Film of young boys fighting in a cage at a Preston Labour club has been criticised by doctors who said it was "particularly disturbing".

Defence lawyers attempt last-minute appeals for Troy Davis, a US death row inmate set to be executed for a crime he maintains he did not commit.

An energy firm which has been test drilling for shale gas in Lancashire says it could create up to 5,600 jobs across the UK.

Scientists are to expand a clinical trial of a new malaria vaccine after promising results in a preliminary study in Burkina Faso.

The Greek government announces tougher austerity measures in a move to persuade international lenders to give it more bailout money.

Satellite tags confirm that bowhead whales are using the Northwest Passage to journey across the top of the Americas.

Members of legendary US rock band REM have announced they are splitting up after 31 years and a string of hugely successful albums.