Many people believe Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi should now be left to die in peace, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond says.

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.

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

Two RAF fighter jets escort a Nigerian air force plane to Cambridge Airport amid high security.

The US government wasted $30bn (£18bn) in contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade, a bi-partisan spending commission finds.

Comedian David Walliams is set to swim the entire length of the River Thames in just eight days for Sport Relief.