Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni calls on people to avoid physical contact, as the deadly Ebola virus spreads to the capital, Kampala.

A study of massive landslides on Saturn's moon Iapetus shed light on how such events occur there and on Earth.

The UK will hold on to its top AAA credit rating, the Standard & Poor's agency says.

Housing charity Shelter Scotland urges ministers to scrap the right to buy for council and housing association tenants.

A man is arrested in connection with the disappearance of a British yachtsman who went missing in the Indian Ocean.

A journalist is arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods by Scotland Yard officers investigating privacy breaches relating to phone-hacking.

A man jailed for life for murdering his detective partner is found hanged in his cell in Lewes Prison.

Images from a Nasa spacecraft show that US flags planted in the lunar soil by Apollo astronauts are mostly still standing.