Homes in Salford are evacuated after police raid a flat and find two suspicious devices.

Greek officials reject German proposals for a eurozone budget commissioner to oversee spending, as agreement nears on a second bailout for Greece.

A man is charged with murder after the death of an 18-month-old boy in Stoke-on-Trent.

First Minister Peter Robinson attended his first GAA match in Armagh on Saturday night.

The Government must stick to pledges to reform party financing - or risk that a scandal will further undermine confidence, MPs have warned.

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives in the US to receive medical treatment for injuries he sustained in an assassination attempt last June.

A man who is almost completely paralysed has won the first step in his legal bid to pursue his right-to-die.

Desert Island Discs celebrates its 70th anniversary with 44 different versions of the radio programme across the BBC's entire UK network.