Rangers move to within a point of league leaders Celtic and Hibs score an injury-time equaliser against Aberdeen.

A 17-year-old appears in court accused of raping a schoolgirl and causing her grievous bodily harm.

Losing urban green spaces will affect people's quality of life and drive out many species of wildlife.

US plans to base a missile defence system in central Europe is generating considerable comment in the Russian media.

James Rodgers in Moscow reports on the fashion for using English words, especially in Russian business circles.

People are failing to wake up to the fact that if the planet suffers, we all suffer, argues this week's Green Room.

A grant of more than £20,000 is awarded to secure the future of a rare species of ant.

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Misunderstood, feared, even despised - what makes ants tick and is there anything we can learn from them?

Hong Kong officials hunt for vicious red fire ants after their anthills were found in the New Territories.

The red fire ant, vicious and sometimes fatal, has infested the Taiwanese capital Taipei.

Alistair looks at the changing face of US architecture and considers the destruction of Pennsylvania Station, which was based on Roman architecture.

They are spots that no tourist would seek out for their beauty, but "confluence points" are top destinations for a new breed of high-tech adventurer with an eye for a quirky mission.

People in Birmingham marvel at the world's smallest Father Christmas - a quarter of the size of a full stop - which is on show in a city gallery.

The BBC's Ben Brown follows UN inspectors around Iraq in a search for alleged weapons of mass destruction that is becoming increasingly bizarre.

The shock of seeing 12 French citizens killed by a suicide bomber in Pakistan has focused France's attention on the realities of international terrorism.

BBC Sport Online columnist Derek 'Robbo' Robson sends a postcard from Ireland.

BBC Sport Online explores ways to make some sports more interesting after tennis chiefs plot to use bigger balls.

Trip-hop legend Tricky turns up the volume at his one-off gig at the Royal Festival Hall, as a part of the Meltdown festival.

Off-spinner Robert Croft gives BBC Sport Online his third exclusive column from the England tour of Sri Lanka.