BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on efforts to avoid more referendums on the European constitution or any treaty that replaces it.

The nature of funding is encouraging scientists to play fast and loose with the truth, Lisa Jardine writes.

MPs are expected to back a bill that aims to tackle the noise and pollution caused by increased demand for air travel.

The poem written by national poet Edwin Morgan to mark the opening of the new Scottish Parliament.

Conservative MP and Spectator editor Boris Johnson says the BBC is in danger of breaking EU laws on state aid.

A major Scots distiller and brewery have teamed up to produce the world's first blended whisky matured in beer barrels.

Conductor Günter Wand cuts a frail figure but exerts powerful control over the NDR Hamburg symphony orchestra at the Proms.

Football leagues all over Europe are kicking off the new season - and that means African players are back in action. But which is the league where they feel most at home?

A quarter of a century after the Soweto uprisings began South Africa's young people could not be more different from those who brought the country to a standstill.

Allegations of racism against South African author Nadine Gordimer reflect the country's ongoing battle to reconcile its past with the present, says Alan Little.

Developing countries are fighting to have their say in Seattle despite not being part of a big trade bloc - and are fighting environmental and labour activists to boot.

Scots around the world are gearing up for Burns night, the annual party to celebrate the birthday of their national poet, at which they will hail the haggis and quench their thirst.