The prospect of genetically-modified purple tomatoes reaching the shelves has come a step closer, with large-scale production under way.

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls pledges to balance the UK's books and deliver a current budget surplus by 2020 if Labour wins the next election.

The owner of a British food shop in Canada says he has been ordered to stop selling Marmite, Ovaltine and Irn-Bru as they contain illegal ingredients.

Two very different stories about medication - a call for UK patients to be "pushy" and a warning over online abortion pills - are among the headlines.

Thousands of people take part in protest marches in Vienna against an annual ball which is expected to be attended by far-right leaders.

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos tells the BBC he hopes to sign a peace treaty with the rebels this year to end a decades-long conflict.

A Scots couple on holiday in California come face-to-face with a bear which wandered onto the porch of the home where they were staying.

Alastair Cook wants to remain England captain despite the difficult tour of Australia - after hinting he may quit.