Votes are being counted across much of the UK in local elections seen as a crucial mid-term test of David Cameron's coalition government.

Londoners have to wait until Friday night to find out whether Boris Johnson or Ken Livingstone has won the race for City Hall.

The UK unemployment rate will rise to almost 9% by the end of 2012, doing "permanent damage to the UK's productive capacity", a think tank says.

Exasperated road users in the Colombian capital are using Facebook to map potholes and help local authorities prioritise repairs.

Football commentator Garth Crooks reckons UK sports minister Hugh Robertson's threatened boycott of the Euro 2012 games in Ukraine "won't achieve anything".

Weeks of border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan have led to fears that the two nations could end up in all-out war.

12 days after the London Marathon ended, Claire Lomas is still on the course trying to complete it.

As part of the increased security in London ahead of the Olympic games the army has been showing off its Rapier missile defence system.