In a wide-ranging newspaper article, Britain's top civil servant warns the possible break-up of the United Kingdom is an "enormous challenge" for politicians.

A US-based research team create self-repairing electronic chips that restore conductivity after cracks appear in the circuit.

Cuts to BBC local radio may jeopardise emergency broadcasts during the event of a civil crisis, the Local Government Association warns.

British women with silicone breast implants made by a French company should not have them removed, a UK watchdog says, amid concerns over health risks.

The government is to overhaul the way people in England are checked to see if they are suitable to adopt children.

Maya communities in Mexico begin a year-long countdown to the "end-of an-era" date of 21 December 2012, but insist it will not be the apocalypse.

The implied cost of borrowing for Hungary rises after ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgrades the country's debt to junk status.

French prosecutors reveal they are investigating a Nazi-themed stag party attended by the Conservative MP Aidan Burley.