An ex-Tower of London governor was fired after acting like a "petulant" child at work, an employment tribunal hears.

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi launch a counter-offensive against rebels near the western town of Zlitan, killing at least seven.

A form of avian pox affecting great tits that was found mainly in south-east England is spreading further north and west, researchers warn.

Hard-up students should be allowed to pay off their debts by selling a kidney, an academic argues in a medical journal.

Ministers should consider pulling the plug on the central part of the NHS IT programme in England, MPs say - because problems are making the £7bn project "unworkable".

The mayor of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, is filmed using an armoured vehicle to crush a car parked illegally in a cycle lane.

Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak is due in court on charges of ordering the killing of protesters - a charge that carries the death penalty.

Residents say Syrian troops continue their siege of Hama as part of a crackdown which has killed scores, while the UN debates its response.