Substitute Carlos Vela hits a late equaliser to cancel out Rory Delap's second-half goal as Stoke and West Brom share the points at the Britannia Stadium.

A lawyer says the California couple accused of kidnapping a California girl and holding her prisoner for 18 years have confessed to detectives.

Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi are removed from their houses and taken to an undisclosed location, reports say.

Young women could face increases in the cost of car insurance if insurers are told to stop quoting different prices for men and women.

New Zealand holds a two-minute silence exactly a week after the Christchurch earthquake, as officials say the death toll could be as high as 240.

The government health reform plans for England are "disgracefully unethical" and could undermine trust, the British Medical Association tells the BBC.

The Duke of York should be sacked as a UK trade ambassador because of his links to Colonel Gaddafi's family, senior Labour MP Chris Bryant says.

The inquests into the deaths of victims of Cumbrian gun killer Derrick Bird are due to begin.