Sheridan Smith and Rupert Everett collect best acting prizes at the Whatsonstage.com awards, while murderous musical Sweeney Todd wins from all five nominations.

Bangladesh alters a law to allow the state to appeal against the life sentence of an Islamist party leader, after protesters called for his execution.

An Israeli parliamentary inquiry will investigate the death in custody of Prisoner X, said to be an Australian-Israeli with links to Mossad.

The presidential election in Cyprus heads to a second round after frontrunner Nicos Anastasiades falls short of the 50% needed for an outright majority.

A hardline Sinhalese Buddhist group in Sri Lanka calls for the abolition of the Muslim halal system of certifying foods and other goods.

Hollywood star Tom Cruise's visit to a Hertfordshire curry house is turned into a film.

The first known manuscript written by English poet Elizabeth Tanfield Cary is published after spending 400 years in a safe.

Seals are able to judge the size of an object using their whiskers, research shows.