Police in east Belfast faced a fourth night of loyalist violence sparked by the decision to limit the days the union flag flies over City Hall.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is visiting wildfire-hit regions in Tasmania, amid warnings of more searing weather across the country.

Journalists at a major Chinese newspaper go on strike in a rare protest against censorship, as supporters demonstrate at their office.

UK new car registrations rose by 5.3% in 2012 to their highest level since 2008, car industry body SMMT says.

Tony Lip who starred as a mobster in TV series The Sopranos and feature films Goodfellas and Raging Bull has died aged 82.

Horror film Texas Chainsaw 3D unexpectedly tops the US Box Office, toppling The Hobbit from number one.

BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall pleads not guilty to three charges of indecent assault at Preston Magistrates' Court.

Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says he is to take questions each week on London's LBC radio.