A 32-year-old man is killed after his 4x4 vehicle leaves a remote rural West Lothian road.

After days of fighting in the Congolese city of Goma, relative calm returns as UN peacekeepers increase their presence there, but the human misery continues, writes the BBC's Peter Greste.

Climate change may hasten the spread of diseases that can move from wild animals to humans, researchers warn.

More than half of Europe's amphibians could be extinct by 2050, due to climate change and disease, UK research warns.

Barack Obama's presidential candidacy in the US could prove a boost to black political leaders in Latin America, writes Henry Mance.

Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have passed its minimum extent, scientists say, without breaking last year's record.

Secretive communist North Korea turns 60, despite isolation, predictions of failure and widespread hunger.

Emergency warnings are issued in the Bahamas as Tropical Storm Hanna approaches, having already killed at least 25 people in Haiti.

An armed raider has robbed a bookmakers on the south side of Glasgow of a three-figure sum of money.

Images from Google Earth help scientists to reveal that cattle may have a "sixth magnetic sense".

Tropical storm Fay continues to blow north over Florida towards Georgia, bringing heavy downpours.

French birds are moving northwards in response to climate change, but not fast enough, a study suggests.

Scientists look at how bluetongue is spread by studying the movements and biting habits of midges that transmit the virus.

Heavy rainfall is expected to move northwards after southern England and south Wales battled with flash floods.

While much of Europe is experiencing a heatwave, the UK has been fighting flash floods and can expect a soggy weekend. The papers are calling it a monsoon - is it?

A parasite which can cause fatal illness in dogs has been found in Scotland for the first time, vets say.

Proposals to deal with extra traffic from the redeveloped Terry's site in York come under public scrutiny.

A £500,000 coastal reclamation project, which was damaged by vandals earlier this year, is officially opened.

Drivers could have been killed when a boy threw an object at a lorry travelling along a motorway, police say.

Worcester Warriors launch their new club logo and reveal their kit next season.