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.

Dundee United host Kilmarnock at Tannadice before Hearts face Motherwell in Saturday's Scottish Premier League.

Security forces in Syria shoot dead at least six people at funerals for anti-government protesters killed on Friday, reports say.

John Sullivan, who wrote one of the best-loved British sitcoms, Only Fools and Horses, has died at the age of 64, the BBC announces.

BBC Bristol and Somerset radio presenter Peter Rowell appears before Bristol magistrates on indecent assault charges.

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.