MPs agree to freeze their £65,738 salaries, blocking a 1% pay rise, after being asked to do so by the government.

At least 17 people have been injured by a series of Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say.

Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins, the oldest musicion ever to win a Grammy award, dies in Austin, Texas, aged 97.

The US has condemned Syria's use of "disproportionate force" to suppress demonstrations calling for greater freedom and an end to corruption.

The telecoms regulator is to launch consultations on how best to sell off the rights to the next generation of mobile wireless networks.

Efforts resume to restore power and cool damaged reactors at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, despite smoke and steam rising from the plant.

Kate Middleton will be driven to her wedding at Westminster Abbey in the same Rolls-Royce that was damaged in student protests last year.

Drivers are able to use the hard shoulder on one of the busiest stretches of motorway from Tuesday.