A wreath is to be laid in the sea off the north east coast of Scotland later to commemorate a lifeboat disaster which claimed the lives of six crew.

Laura Robson and Heather Watson claim singles wins to help GB take a 2-0 lead over Hungary and earn a Fed Cup play-off.

Frank Lampard moves to within four goals of becoming Chelsea's all-time leading scorer in a 4-1 victory over Wigan.

Barclays is to close down a part of its business which helped clients avoid tax, the BBC understands.

An Ohio Amish sect leader is sentenced to 15 years in prison, with shorter terms for his followers, for a spate of beard-cutting attacks in 2011.

A Kashmiri separatist sentenced to death over the 2001 plot to attack India's parliament is hanged after his final clemency plea is rejected.

Tens of millions of people are preparing to celebrate Lunar - or Chinese - New Year, the most important annual holiday in large parts of Asia.

People should not throw away frozen meat products in the wake of further revelations in the horsemeat scandal, the food minister says.