At least 83 Guatemalans may have died after being deliberately infected with STDs by US medical researchers in the 1940s, a US commission hears.

Arsenal are close to signing Brazilian left-back Andre Santos from Turkish club Fenerbahce, BBC Sport understands.

British teenager Heather Watson takes former champion Maria Sharapova to three sets before the Russian prevails at the US Open.

The number of people killed by Tropical Storm Irene nears 40, as authorities warn flooding could continue for three more days in some US states.

The competition to supply new trains for Crossrail, the major London train link, is delayed until January 2012.

A strike by civilian support staff at Nottinghamshire Police in protest at cost-cutting measures gets under way.

The government must address the "chronic under-supply of homes", a body representing housing associations in England warns.

Indie legends Primal Scream will headline this year's Hogmanay concert in the gardens in Edinburgh, organisers confirm.