F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone will meet the sport's 12 teams on Friday to discuss the Bahrain GP, BBC Sport has learned.

Peter Stringfellow, a long-term Conservative supporter, is backing the UK Independence Party candidate in a forthcoming Westminster Council by-election, the party says.

Oxford University chiefs are trying to reassure prospective overseas students not to be put off by visa rule changes.

The parliament in Egypt passes a law banning senior officials from the rule of ex-leader Hosni Mubarak from running for president.

Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes or obesity, according to researchers.

A ceasefire is due to come into force in Syria to stem the 13-month-old conflict, but Western countries publicly doubt the government's intentions.

The London boroughs are the main beneficiaries of £600m additional government funding for primary school places in England.

A Florida prosecutor is to bring murder charges against a neighbourhood watchman who shot an unarmed black teenager, US law enforcement officials say.