Votes are being counted across much of the UK in local elections seen as a crucial mid-term test of David Cameron's coalition government.

Grammar schools should be rated on a tougher GCSE measure, a report by the Schools Network says.

The economic policies of Francois Hollande will "have a shockwave effect on Europe" if he becomes president of France, Iain Duncan Smith warns.

Londoners have to wait until Friday night to find out whether Boris Johnson or Ken Livingstone has won the race for City Hall.

The UK unemployment rate will rise to almost 9% by the end of 2012, doing "permanent damage to the UK's productive capacity", a think tank says.

Exasperated road users in the Colombian capital are using Facebook to map potholes and help local authorities prioritise repairs.

Football commentator Garth Crooks reckons UK sports minister Hugh Robertson's threatened boycott of the Euro 2012 games in Ukraine "won't achieve anything".

A violent death every 74 minutes has earned Honduras the dubious title of murder capital of the world