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UK Border Agency staff processing visa applications from Africa are "acting unfairly" and wrongly refusing entry to the UK, an independent report claims.

New tests on Spanish cave motifs show them to be thousands of years older than previously thought.

Images of patients on ventilators on cigarette packets help smokers heed the health warnings about smoking better than written warnings, says US research.

Scientists say they have identified a possible genetic link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

Bolivian custom officers are to be handed out special pens, with a hidden camera and voice recorder, as part of a plan to tackle corruption.

Argentina's president demands the UK negotiate over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, on the 30th anniversary of the end of the 1982 war.

One of Scotland's rarest and most elusive birds is to be celebrated in a new festival on the Western Isles.

Joining the hunt for clues to ageing

Airport development plan on UK coast points up Rio+20 dilemmas

Job prospects for probationer teachers in Scotland have improved over the past year, a survey suggests.

Only "pitiful" progress has been seen on pledges made at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to protect ocean habitats and reduce fishing fleets, say scientists.

What reason did the UK's Royal Mail give for not delivering post?

A second man dies after contracting Legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh where 41 cases of the illness have been confirmed.

London has a new skyscraper in the shape of the Shard, which will become Europe's tallest inhabited building. How does it feel to live in the shadow of such a giant?

Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni claims his players felt "fear" during their Euro 2012 campaign.

How do you create a new currency?

Coca-Cola says it will resume business in Burma after 60 years, following a US decision to suspend investment sanctions.

Egypt's supreme court has caused outrage by calling for the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and for fresh elections.

Bank shares have jumped in the wake of plans from the Bank of England to launch two new stimulus packages.

Should top athletes be allowed to take drugs?