The attorney general is being asked to consider the prosecution of a journalist who allegedly broke a privacy order on micro-blogging website Twitter.

Fractured human remains found on a German river bank could provide the first compelling evidence of a major Bronze Age battle.

A local flight ban is in force after the eruption of Iceland's most active volcano, Grimsvotn, sends a plume of smoke 20km into the sky.

Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix is under way, with the Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel having started at the front of the grid.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says Europe "can't just accept" a big influx of migrants fleeing the political unrest in north Africa.

Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Wigan and Wolves enter the final day of the Premier League season fighting relegation, while Man City, Arsenal and Spurs battle for position at the other end of the table.

Police attempt to trace the owner of a life-sized tiger toy which sparked a major police alert in Hampshire over fears a real animal was on the loose.

US atheists plan a series of parties in response to a widely publicised broadcaster's prediction that Saturday will be Judgement Day.