The Foreign Office says 400 jobs are to be lost at consulates and embassies across the world as it tries to meet cuts in its budget.

Eight pupils are injured, with one sent to hospital, after being shot with an airgun near Auchinleck Academy in East Ayrshire.

Hundreds of people remain missing in Christchurch as New Zealand authorities continue search and rescue efforts after Tuesday's deadly earthquake.

Man Utd take on Marseille and holders Inter Milan host Bayern Munich in the Champions League, while Wednesday's other game sees Arsenal take on Stoke in the Premier League.

A Herefordshire woman is cleared of the murder of her ex-boyfriend whose body was found on a lit bonfire at their home.

A woman with a benign brain tumour has said she feels as if she has been "left to rot" after a number of her hospital appointments were cancelled.

A 43-year-old woman is arrested over the death of a four-year-old girl found in the grounds of an Inverness hospital.

Emden is a town in north-west Germany but its harbour is now part of the Netherlands - at least according to Google Maps.