Tributes are paid to the historian and biographer Lisa Jardine following her death at the age of 71 from cancer.

Processed meats - such as bacon and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization.

More than 150 people are reported killed after a major earthquake hits north-east Afghanistan and Pakistan, with many more injured.

Arctic sea-ice volume during the first two weeks of October was about 6,200 cubic km, according to the Cryosat spacecraft - tracking down from the high in 2013.

Venus, Jupiter and Mars can be seen from the Earth's skyline this week in a rare grouping of the three planets.

The deadly quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan was large but mercifully deep, according to geoscientists studying the area.

Rock star Brian May's request for a judicial review into the legalities of badger culling is rejected.