Europeans are the first to get their hands on the Model A version of the hugely popular Raspberry Pi bare-bones computer.

Seabirds washed and cared for at an RSPCA centre in Somerset

Hosts India are out of the Women's World Cup with a 138-run defeat by Sri Lanka in their final group match in Mumbai.

Mobile phone taxi app Hailo on verge of going global

A leaked US justice department memo reveals its legal case for drone strikes on American citizens abroad, which a civil liberties group calls "reckless".

The US President Barack Obama urges the people of Kenya, where his father was born, to avoid violence and intimidation in next month's elections.

US billionaire John Malone's cable group Liberty Global is in discussions about a deal with Richard Branson's UK cable operator Virgin Media

A member of a girl band in Indian-administered Kashmir queries why they are described as "un-Islamic" when male bands are allowed to perform

A bionic man, complete with working artificial organs, synthetic blood and functioning limbs has been built by robotics experts.

Martin Sagrera uses his free time and his money to make the placards that many people carry during protests in Madrid

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington retires at the age of 23 to focus on her campaign and mentoring work.

A campaign to bring Richard III's body back to York gains momentum after a skeleton found beneath a car park in Leicester is confirmed as his.

Reg Presley, frontman of British rock band The Troggs - behind hits including Wild Thing - dies aged 71, a year after being diagnosed with cancer.

A Chinese vessel locked its weapon-targeting radar on a Japanese ship near disputed islands, Tokyo says, amid mounting tensions over a territorial row.

South Africa's counter terrorism unit arrests 19 suspected Congolese rebels in northern Limpopo province, police say.

French President Francois Hollande tells the European Parliament there can be no "a la carte" attitude to the EU in an apparent swipe at the UK.

France to blame UK for EU budget fight, Gavin Hewitt says

A facial reconstruction of how Richard III may have looked is released, after archaeologists confirmed a skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park was that of the English king.

Oil giant BP reports a fall in full-year profits as it continued to settle charges related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

24 hours of news photos: 5 February