The 8,674th and final edition of the News of the World is published, after the 168-year-old paper was closed in the wake of phone-hacking allegations.

For the first time government health experts are issuing advice to parents on exercise for children under five.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wow the crowds in California, as Prince William scores at polo, on the latest stage of their first official foreign tour.

Egypt's prime minister orders the suspension of police accused of killing protesters during the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.

UN refugee agency head Antonio Guterres tells the BBC he wants international agencies to go into Somalia to help drought victims.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge begin a visit to Los Angeles by attending two British-themed events, featuring David Beckham among the guests.

A powerful earthquake hits the same area of north-east Japan that was devastated four months ago, but fears of a tsunami prove unfounded.

International scientists based in Scotland decode the full DNA sequence of the potato, one of the world's most important staple crops, for the first time.