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The US Coast Guard uses cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that had drifted to Alaska after being washed away by the 2011 tsunami.

The public interest in publishing a risk assessment of the NHS overhaul in England is "very high, if not exceptional", a tribunal rules.

Health Minister Edwin Poots is to introduce special measures to monitor the Belfast Trust to ensure an improvement in services.

Sky News has said it illegally hacked emails on two occasions, including those belonging to John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoe.

Nicolas Sarkozy has unveiled his economic manifesto for re-election as president of France, with the first round of voting on 22 April.

Australian pilot Braden Blennerhassett was forced to turn his plane around after finding a snake in the cockpit.

The wreck of the Titanic, 4,000m under water off the coast of Canada, is to come under Unesco protection to prevent pillaging.

Five universities intend to drop their tuition fees to £7,500 or below for 2013-14 after a change in the way student places are allocated, it emerges.

Mexican troops shoot dead one of the alleged masterminds behind an arson attack on a casino that killed 52 people last year, officials say.

Farewell to the blue and white stripes

President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi is unconscious in intensive care after suffering a cardiac arrest.

The Duchess of Cornwall recalls being caught up in Beatlemania, on a visit to a number of Beatles attractions in Liverpool.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen defends his trademark switch-hit shot after a time-wasting row against Sri Lanka.

More than half of secondary schools in England are already an academy or are seeking to become one, says the government.

Rules are being flouted by foreign sellers of Olympic tickets, a BBC investigation reveals.

Paula Radcliffe insists Britain should get behind their Olympic athletes, even if they were born elsewhere.

US activist group Invisible Children releases a sequel to its video highlighting the activities of LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony.

A scheme to attract young people to the theatre by giving away more than 500,000 tickets had mixed results, suggests a new report.

More than half a million Apple computers have been infected with the Flashback Trojan, malware designed to steal personal information.

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