A heart-shaped island, a huge picture of a child's face and a portrait of Italy's Mount Vesuvius are among the images shortlisted in a contest to decide the year's best picture from space.

The final part of an epic dictionary of medieval Latin is to be published this week, bringing to a close a project initiated one hundred years ago.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos is to be charged "with being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs", the Crown Prosecution Service confirms.

An inquiry into sexual exploitation is to be held to assess improvements in protecting children since nine men were jailed for running an abuse ring in Rochdale.

An amnesty drafted by Russia's President Putin could free the two jailed Pussy Riot protesters and the Greenpeace Arctic 30 campaigners.

Formula 1 will award double points at the final race from 2014 and introduce a cost cap from 2015 among a number of changes.