More than half of Scotland's residential care services for young people need to make improvements, according to the care regulator.

Italy is willing to send its troops based in western Afghanistan to more dangerous areas of the country if requested by Nato, ministers say.

The blackouts were caused by the opposite of a power surge as the National Grid deactivated local stations to maintain the required 50Hz frequency. When demand is greater than generation, the system fails, the National Grid said.

Hundreds of thousands of homes suffered power cuts after a fault caused an unplanned shutdown at the Sizewell B nuclear power plant in Suffolk.

Experts have predicted the next storm to hit the Dorset coast will uncover a treasure trove of fossils, disturbed by the "worst landslip for 100 years" that affected part of the World Heritage Jurassic Coast in Lyme Regis earlier this month.

Post Office Ltd has announced that 62 branches are to close in Somerset and Bristol after a public consultation.

Tory MSP John Lamont said rural bus routes were in doubt, with the news of higher fuel bills forcing one Jeburgh firm to end its council contract.

A Big Brother contestant mocked by housemates who said she had body odour has had a complaint against programme-maker Channel 4 rejected.