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

A 42-year-old man from Birkenhead is charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed in Merseyside on Friday.

Inspectors from the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, begin a visit to Iran to try to determine the purpose of the country's nuclear programme.

Greek officials have reacted angrily to a leaked German proposal for an EU budget commissioner with veto powers over Greek taxes and spending.

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

Cuba's ruling Communist Party holds its first-ever national conference to consider changes in the way it runs the country and how to renew the ageing revolutionary leadership.

Four current and former Sun journalists and a police officer are bailed by detectives investigating alleged corrupt payments.

A marathon-running GP is recruited by the Scottish government to promote the importance of physical activity.

Scotland is set to benefit from a digital revolution right across the country, Infrastructure Secretary Alex Neil predicts.

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