A late equaliser by Matias Fernandez gives Sporting an away goal in their Europa League round of 32 tie against Rangers.

Black bears' body temperatures and metabolic rates hold surprises for researchers undertaking a hibernation study of unprecedented detail.

At least one person has been killed in protests across Libya on Thursday, in what anti-government activists described as a "Day of Rage".

Washington urges Bahrain to show restraint in dealing with protesters and calls for real reform after a bloody clampdown.

Plans to increase restrictions on student visas will lose universities billions of pounds and hit international student numbers, a report warns.

The government sets out how it intends to overhaul the welfare system, but drops plans to reduce housing benefit for the long-term unemployed.

Two London hospitals are cutting hundreds of jobs to save money, it is announced.

A government minister intervenes after a proposed change to gun licence renewals by Essex, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire police.