An expedition is getting under way in the South Pacific to investigate one of the most seismically-active fault lines in the world.

Liberal Democrat Vince Cable urges Labour supporters to back a switch to the alternative vote to help prevent Conservative victories.

Police raid the homes of people suspected of carrying out Old Firm hate campaigns.

A British tourist who caught a toddler who had fallen from the top of a four-storey Florida hotel is given an award for her quick thinking.

David Goodwillie scores twice as Dundee United all but end Kilmarnock's chances of finishing fourth with an emphatic victory.

A woman who was dropped into near-freezing sea waters while being transferred from a cruise ship dies in hospital.

The National Union of Teachers' annual conference has voted for a campaign of industrial action against cuts to public sector pensions.

The 16-year-old suspect arrested over the murders of two British tourists shot dead in Florida is charged as an adult for an earlier firearm offence.