Mel Stuart, the director of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, dies at his Beverly Hills home.

A UK-wide consultation on government plans to introduce mandatory plain packaging for tobacco, which attracted strong public interest, will close later.

A robot that mimics the movements and softness of a worm is built by engineers using funds from the Pentagon's research lab.

Four Chinese policemen are to go on trial accused of covering up the murder of Briton Neil Heywood, a day after the wife of a politician was tried for the killing.

South Korea's president visits islands also claimed by Japan, media reports say, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions.

David Cameron says he wants Mayor of London Boris Johnson to be "as ambitious as possible".

The US Department of Agriculture slashes its forecasts for corn production and predicts sharp price rises, due to a drought and heatwave.

Craig Bellamy moves from Liverpool to Cardiff City on a free transfer and signs a two-year deal.