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Councils and health boards are failing to ensure vital care services can be delivered in the future, Scotland's public spending watchdog warns.

A new law designed to reduce sectarian behaviour associated with football comes into force in Scotland.

Web-based treatment may be better at helping teenagers with chronic fatigue syndrome, say scientists.

The belief that older people tend to suffer worse sleep may be false - in fact the reverse may be true, according to US researchers.

From technologies which allow the brain to directly control computers to using electricity to enhance brain function, the way technology can "intervene" in the brain is being reviewed.

The top Nato commander in Afghanistan says he was "not surprised in the least" at the days of protests in Afghanistan in reaction to the burning of Korans on a US military base.

Apple's stock market valuation rises above $500bn joining only six other companies to have reached that mark.

England caretaker manager Stuart Pearce says he will be content to take control for Euro 2012 - but is not a long-term option.

Senegal is to hold a second round of presidential election after incumbent Abdoulaye Wade failed to win outright, election officials confirm.

Davy Jones, Manchester-born lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, has died aged 66, his publicist has confirmed.

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A former mine chief who lied to investigators about one of the worst US mining tragedies in decades is sentenced to three years in prison.

Boots announces that it is withdrawing from the government's scheme to help the long-term unemployed.

Michael O'Neill's first match as Northern Ireland manager ends in defeat as Norway win 3-0 at Windsor Park.

Singer of 1960s group the Monkees has died

South Africa's governing ANC expels its controversial youth leader Julius Malema after he was found guilty of fomenting divisions in the party.

Firefighters wearing protective clothing deal with a hazardous chemical spill at a hospital in Llandudno.

February 29 comes around once every four years and offers a chance for some people to do something special or life changing.

Angela Castro - eldest sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro - dies at the age of 88 after a long illness, another sister says.

US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the US economic recovery is continuing but growth remains weak and unemployment high.