The King George VI Chase at Kempton is rescheduled for Saturday 15 January after the attempt to stage it on Monday fell victim to the weather.

Political parties loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara call a general strike from Monday to force incumbent Laurent Gbagbo to cede power.

The death of an 18-year-old who had been involved in a disturbance outside a Paisley nightclub is treated as suspicious.

More calories and less exercise are the reasons given for the average British man putting on 16.9lbs in weight between 1986 and 2000.

Workers at Northern Rail go on strike for two days over a dispute about bank holiday pay.

A Moscow court is due to read the verdict in the second trial of Russian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky for theft and money laundering.

The results of post-mortem tests carried out on the body of Bristol landscape architect Joanna Yeates are expected to be revealed later.

Nine men have been charged with conspiracy to cause explosions in the UK and with terrorism offences, West Midlands Police say.