Surgeons in Sweden have carried out the world's first synthetic organ transplant, using an artificial windpipe coated in stem cells.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh appears on state television for the first time since being burned in an attack on his palace last month.

The airline pilots' union Balpa says it is lifting the threat of strike action at Virgin Atlantic after receiving a new pay offer.

Ahead of the British Grand Prix, McLaren driver Jenson Button insists runaway Formula 1 leader Sebastian Vettel can be beaten