Marc-Antoine Fortune nods in a late equaliser for West Brom to secure a valuable point against fellow strugglers Wigan.

A man cleared by a Home Office background check had child abuse convictions abroad and went on to abuse a child, it emerges.

General Teaching Council bans a teacher who used a picture of a child with a noose around the neck to control pupils in Essex.

MPs overwhelmingly reject a Tory MP's bid to have a referendum on the UK's EU membership, any time the public rejected EU treaty changes.

Australian officials warn Cyclone Yasi, approaching Queensland with winds of up to 295 km/h (183 mph), could be the deadliest storm in living memory.

An advert for an Yves Saint Laurent perfume is banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for appearing to show a woman simulating drug use.

Scottish government plans for a large retailer levy to fill a black hole in its budget are to be rejected by parliament.

Swiss bank accounts held by Haiti's ex-leader Jean-Claude Duvalier are blocked as a new law takes effect in Switzerland.