A candidate who stood in an Edinburgh seat under the name Professor Pongoo won more first preference votes than the Liberal Democrats.

Music stars Kimberley Walsh and Alfie Boe will debut a new version of the Queen hit One Vision, in front of a royal audience, later this month.

One soldier is reported to have been killed and hundreds of people hurt in fresh clashes between Egyptian security forces and protesters in Cairo.

The BBC shrugs off claims that it has banned Sacha Baron Cohen from talk shows, as he promotes his new film The Dictator in character

The RSPB says recent heavy rain and flooding has had a disastrous impact on many of its nature reserves.

Fourteen decapitated bodies are discovered in Nuevo Laredo in northern Mexico, hours after nine bodies were found hanging from a bridge.

Greek socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos says his country faces a choice between austerity and "mass poverty" in elections on Sunday.

Boris Johnson beats Ken Livingstone to win a second term as London mayor after a contest that went right down to the wire.