Some pollutants continue to pose a "significant threat" to European citizens' health and the environment, says a report by the European Environment Agency.

The European Space Agency has unveiled plans to "take 3D printing into the metal age" by building parts for jets, spacecraft and fusion reactors.

Germany persuades the EU to delay introducing new limits on CO2 emissions from cars - and angers environmentalists.

Edinburgh Zoo says its female giant panda, Tian Tian, is no longer expecting a cub.

Prof Peter Higgs, the joint winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Physics, promises to retire - once he turns 85.

Twice as many Britons as previously thought could be carrying the human form of "mad cow" disease, variant CJD