Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield exchanges tweets from space with William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the sci-fi series Star Trek.

The family of a girl who was starved to death file a claim against Birmingham City Council over claims it failed to protect her.

Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi wins the Ballon d'Or for a record-breaking fourth consecutive season.

Water cannon have been used after rioting erupts for a fifth night in Belfast over a decision to limit the number of days the union flag is flown over city hall.

The man suspected of killing 12 people at a cinema in the US state of Colorado displayed no "normal emotional reactions" when arrested, a court hears.

Some of the first results from a simulation of a mission to Mars show that some of the crew experienced isolation and mild depression.

Some 2,000-year-old tablets found on a shipwreck off the coast of Italy are analysed by scientists.

Civil servants did not "deliberately" mislead ministers over errors made during the bidding process to run the West Coast rail franchise, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin tells MPs.