A giant yellow inflatable duck on display in a Taiwanese port bursts in unexplained circumstances.

Computer maker Hewlett-Packard and cosmetic firm Revlon both announce end of year job cuts of thousands of workers.

Golfer Rory McIlroy and former world number one tennis player Caroline Wozniacki are to marry, the pair announce.

Front pages are ablaze with images of fireworks welcoming the new year but not all papers are optimistic. Migration and the NHS are among the concerns on the front pages.

Prime Minister David Cameron tells Scots "We want you to stay", as the UK enters the year in which Scotland will vote on independence.

All Bulgarian and Romanian citizens will be free to live and work in the UK after temporary controls in place since 2007 come to an end.

People should pledge to try and emulate Nelson Mandela and change the world around them, the Archbishop of Canterbury says in his new year message.

Vitamin E has potential benefits for people with Alzheimer's, according to a study