Lana Peters, the only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, dies of colon cancer at a care home in the US state of Wisconsin, aged 85.

Britain may be without a fully operational aircraft carrier until 2030, according to a report published by the Commons spending watchdog.

The first elections in Egypt since former President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown enter a second day after thousands queued to vote on Monday.

UK house prices have remained "surprisingly resilient" in recent months, says the Nationwide, as it records a further rise in values.

Police close a section of the M1 in South Yorkshire after a tanker carrying more than 20 tonnes of what is believed to be Marmite overturned.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain denies claims by a Georgia woman that she had a 13-year extramarital affair with him.

The Food Standards Agency finds that most British-grown oysters it tested contains the winter vomiting bug, norovirus.

A woman is charged with a racially-aggravated public order offence after a video of a passenger's rant on a packed London tram was posted online.