Narrow escapes from huge waves and news of a sitcom comeback feature on some of Saturday's front pages.

The Chinese ship Xue Long that helped rescue passengers stranded on a research vessel in Antarctica confirms it is itself stuck in the ice.

US musician Phil Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, dies, aged 74, in California, of complications from lung disease, his wife Patti says.

Bangladesh's opposition begins a two-day strike in protest at what it calls Sunday's "scandalous farce" of a general election.

Majid al-Majid, the top al-Qaeda commander in Lebanon, dies in custody in a Beirut hospital, the army announces.

England managed the impossible, writes Tom Fordyce, by conjuring up a new low in a feeble Ashes surrender

A man appears in court charged with attempting to murder four people in County Antrim.

F1 legend Michael Schumacher's manager warns about "invalid" reports of his health, after one was quoted as saying his life was no longer in danger.