The Oscar nominations will be announced later, with 12 Years a Slave, Gravity and American Hustle all expected to be in the running for best picture.

A paedophile ring which streamed live child abuse from the Philippines over the internet is broken up by a UK-led international police operation.

Soaring temperatures halt matches at the Australian Open tennis tournament, as a report warns that the country will see "hotter and longer" heatwaves.

Team GB target at least three medals from the Winter Olympics in Sochi as well as two Paralympic medals.

Neil Robertson and Ricky Walden both win deciding frames to reach the Masters quarter-finals at Alexandra Palace.

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of why birds fly in a V formation, by tracking critically endangered birds that were being trained to migrate.

Play is suspended on uncovered courts at the Australian Open as the temperature exceeds 40C for the third day in a row.

Surgeons in Oxford improve the vision of six patients who would otherwise have become blind using a gene therapy technique.