Europe's Goce gravity mission is bumped to next year because of ongoing technical problems with its launcher.

Find out what happened to the players from Great Britain's 1972 World Cup-winning team

Much revered Italian contract carmaker and engineering firm Pininfarina launches a model of its own - and it is electric.

Mark Davis explores what it will take for Sen John McCain to successfully mount a 'Sarkozy-style succession' to the Republican Party and pull off a 'hat trick'

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is in a parlous state - does it represent a oceans-wide legacy of overfishing?

One punter offers his views on coming to grips with an alternative to Windows.

Fast cars, sleek jets and the latest mobile phone might get teenagers excited, but few school leavers want to work in the factories that make them, say industry experts.

One hundred years ago London hosted the Fourth Olympiad. It was a hastily organised affair, after Italy pulled out following the eruption of Vesuvius. Oh, and Britain won 56 golds.

Dr Who actor David Tennant takes to the stage as Hamlet in Stratford-upon-Avon - alongside Star Trek's Patrick Stewart.

"South America's Uefa Cup lags behind the Copa Libertadores"

The BBC's Paul Henley visits the wind-swept Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland, with high hopes of becoming Europe's newest tax haven.

The French president includes a grey silk tie in a present to all the country's MPs, prompting calls of sexism.

A British team prepares for its attempt to smash the world steam car speed record in Utah, US, in August.

Police in the US state of Florida arrest several suspects accused of using a bus as a mobile brothel.

A sophisticated unmanned spyplane has become a crucial tool for the British military.

One of Scotland's busiest train stations could treble in size under development £190m plans.

BBC Rome correspondent David Willey travelled with Pope Benedict XVI on his first US visit since becoming pontiff in 2005.

The BBC's Robert Hall watches a Cold War Vulcan bomber takes to the skies.

Georgia may have failed to tempt Nato to open its doors - but its deployment in Iraq has still given its military a cost-effective upgrade, reports Neil Arun.

Ron Hewitt, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce's chief executive, speaks about Edinburgh's trams.