About 170,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a quake-damaged nuclear plant in north-east Japan that was hit by an explosion, the UN atomic watchdog says.

An Iranian official indicates the country will put aside a complaint about the London 2012 Olympics logo and attend the games.

Foreign Secretary William Hague rejects claims he may resign over his handling of the Libyan crisis, and denies he has lost his "mojo".

History teaching in primary schools lacks an overarching narrative, but it is a "myth" that secondary students do not learn enough British history, the schools watchdog says.

Serious problems have been reported at a second nuclear reactor at the Fukushima power station in northern Japan.

Plans to introduce minimum drink pricing will brought back if the SNP wins May's Holyrood election.

A man is in hospital with a fractured skull after falling 15ft from a railing at the Scunthorpe United match against Leicester City.

US internet project worker Alan Gross is sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against the state in Cuba.