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Eurovision turns the spotlight on Azerbaijan

The ten most popular areas for young Scottish professionals to buy property are all in major cities, according to the Bank of Scotland.

BBC Scotland publishes further evidence about a suspected conflict of interest concerning the administrators of Rangers.

Diamond Jubilee street parties uniting neighbourhoods

Why the conviction of a millionaire's daughter and university student for rioting may make many parents feel uncomfortable.

IMF head Christine Lagarde urges Greeks to pay taxes, saying she worried more about sub-Saharan Africa than the crisis-hit European nation.

Protest have been held across Honduras demanding an end to a series of murders of journalists, amid accusations that criminals enjoy impunity.

At least 90 people, including many children, are killed in a town in Syria's restive province of Homs, opposition activists say, calling it a "massacre".

The bloodshed in Syria has spilled over the border into neighbouring Lebanon, fuelling fears of a return to the sectarian violence seen the past.

A man who claims he was forced to work for a family of travellers in Hampshire tells a court he felt "scared" of them.

A woman passenger in a car has died and two other people are seriously injured following a crash involving two cars near the lake in Bala, Gwynedd.

A large wild fire breaks out on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides and is threatening two cottages on the north west of the island.

One of the final opinion polls ahead of Ireland's referendum next week on whether to ratify the EU Fiscal Treaty suggests it is likely to be a 'yes' vote.

The Olympic flame has arrived in the Welsh capital Cardiff on day one of its tour of Wales.

Apple's boss, Tim Cook, turns down a payout worth about $75m (£48m) that he was due from the technology giant's upcoming dividend.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls allies to back its presidential candidate in a likely run-off against Hosni Mubarak's last PM to "save" the uprising.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed some of the articles in the controversial forest code, which environmentalists say could speed up deforestation.

Spain's fourth-largest bank, Bankia, asks for a bailout worth 19bns euros ($24bn; £15bn), and admits that it made a massive loss last year.

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed News Corp lobbyist Fred Michel as "daddy" and "mon ami" in text messages released by the Leveson Inquiry.

BBC reporter Paul Wood has been inside the Syrian town of Rastan, which has been under attack by the country's military despite a UN brokered ceasefire.