Police in Russia make 550 arrests after protests against Vladimir Putin's election as president, with protest leader Alexei Navalny among those held.

A student robbed by two men who pretended to help him during last summer's riots says people should forgive his attackers.

Two men are charged in connection with a death which followed a disturbance outside a takeaway shop in East Lothian.

A Japanese researcher spins thousands of strands of spider silk into violin strings, said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to standard strings.

A Briton extradited to the United States over allegations of arms dealing is denied bail.

No weapons are found in an initial search of a car in which a man was shot dead by police, according to the police watchdog.