The Oscar nominations will be announced later, with 12 Years a Slave, Gravity and American Hustle all expected to be in the running for best picture.

A paedophile ring which streamed live child abuse from the Philippines over the internet is broken up by a UK-led international police operation.

Soaring temperatures halt matches at the Australian Open tennis tournament, as a report warns that the country will see "hotter and longer" heatwaves.

Neil Robertson and Ricky Walden both win deciding frames to reach the Masters quarter-finals at Alexandra Palace.

The number of UK homes sold per surveyor has more than doubled since the depth of the housing market downturn, a survey suggests.

Surgeons in Oxford improve the vision of six patients who would otherwise have become blind using a gene therapy technique.

The in-absentia trial of four men accused of murdering Lebanese ex-PM Rafik Hariri in 2005 begins at an unprecedented tribunal at The Hague.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling tops a new list of children's favourite books which is dominated by titles that have been made into films.