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Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa is freed from jail, four months after the government’s landslide win.

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Three scientists have shared this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing new ways of linking carbon atoms together.

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Liam Fox blames Labour’s economic mismanagement for what he says will be inevitable cuts to the defence budget.

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Suspected militants have exploded a device near the British embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, officials say.

The UK Foreign Office confirmed there had been an “attack involving a British embassy vehicle”.

It said there had not been any British embassy casualties.

In a separate incident, a security guard is said to have opened fire in the compound of Austrian gas firm OMV near Sanaa, Reuters news agency said.

One employee was wounded, the agency reported, but this has not been confirmed.

In the attack near the UK embassy, one report said a rocket had been fired, but this has also not been confirmed.

Yemen has seen a string of militant attacks on Western targets.

In April a suicide bomber threw himself at the British ambassador’s two-car convoy in Sanaa as it neared the embassy compound.

The attacker injured three passers-by and damaged a police car.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) later claimed responsibility for the attack.

The embassy was closed for two weeks as a result.

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Tribute are paid to former Lotus team manager Peter Warr, who has died at the age of 72.

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British singers Lily Allen, Sting and Elton John are honoured for their songwriting by the US music industry during a ceremony in London on Tuesday.

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Sandwell Council joins three other English authorities taking legal action over the axing of the Building Schools for the Future scheme by Education Secretary Michael Gove.

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Thai police say bomb-making equipment has been found at the site of Tuesday’s fatal explosion outside Bangkok.

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Green Wing star Stephen Mangan is to play quirky detective Dirk Gently in a screen adaptation of Douglas Adams’ creation.

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The smoking ban should be extended to the home and private cars to protect children from second-hand smoke, says Wales’ top doctor.

Chief Medical Officer for Wales Dr Tony Jewell said it was “unfair for children to bear the brunt of other people’s habits”.

Wales brought in a ban on smoking in enclosed public places in April 2007.

The number of deaths from smoking in Wales is still too high at about 5,650 a year, said Dr Jewell.

In his annual report, Dr Jewell said smoking costs the Welsh NHS around £386m a year, equivalent to £129 per person or 7% of total healthcare expenditure.

He said people “know that smoking is a dangerous habit, but choose to ignore the facts”.

But children had an increased risk of asthma, middle ear infections and cot death when exposed to second-hand smoke and were then also more likely to become smokers as adults, said Dr Jewell.

In his 2009 annual report to be published later, he said the proposed ban on tobacco vending machines and shop promotions for tobacco products “goes some way in addressing the problem but we must go further”.

He said if the assembly government extended the ban on smoking to private cars and encouraged smoke-free policies in homes where children live, it would help to discourage children from taking up smoking themselves in later life and may help some adults to quit.

He said: “As a society, creating such a measure is a powerful statement of intent about our commitment to the health of our children.

“It could be seen as the final piece of the protection picture or at least adding to the growing public consensus on the social acceptability of smoking.”

The Tobacco Manufacturers Association’s said Dr Jewell’s proposals were “a step too far and an unwarranted intrusion on individual freedom”.

It said: “In private vehicles, adults should be free to smoke, provided they do not light up or smoke in a way that would distract from safe driving.

“They should also show due consideration for other occupants and dispose of cigarette ends responsibly in ashtrays.”

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Two teenagers who were arrested on suspicion of arson after a huge fire on Hastings Pier have been bailed.

Firefighters also remain at the scene damping down more than 24 hours after the fire started at the historic structure in East Sussex.

Up to 95% of the pier has been destroyed and Hastings council has warned the pier is at risk of collapsing into the sea.

It warned people to keep away from the pier, which is in a dangerous state.

Road closures remained in place on Wednesday morning, around the A259 area.

In a statement, the council said: “The pier remains in a very dangerous state and people are advised to stay well away from it as the risk of collapse is high.

“Under no circumstances should people attempt to gain access under the pier at this time.”

Two men, aged 18 and 19 and from St Leonards, were arrested and detained for questioning on Tuesday as crews fought the flames on the pier, which was already closed for safety reasons.

A spokesman for Sussex Police confirmed early on Wednesday that both teenagers had been bailed.

The alert came in the early hours of Tuesday after a member of the public alerted police officers on patrol to a fire on the pier.

Nearby residents also reported hearing a series of explosions in the early hours.

Within a short time, the entire structure was engulfed in flames.

Emergency crews on the scene described seeing a plume of thick, acrid smoke and the historic ballroom reduced to a burning framework, with bits falling into the sea.

At the height of the incident, about 55 firefighters were at the scene.

The fire was brought under control by 0800 BST on Tuesday, with no reports of any injuries, but the pier continued to burn and smoulder.

After the fire, campaigners who had wanted to restore the derelict pier said they were still hopeful that it could be salvaged.

Earlier this year, the council agreed to buy the pier with a compulsory purchase order and hand it to the Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust.

Jess Steele, the trust’s treasurer, said: “This tragedy has further galvanized public support for securing the future of this much-loved pier.

“If the survey shows that the substructure is reusable we will do our utmost to bring this great asset back to life.”

The pier opened in 1872 and was originally 910ft (280m) long. It closed in 2006 because of fears it had become unsafe.

It was owned by Panamanian-registered company Ravenclaw, which the council said it had been unable to contact.

Campaigners have also been writing about their shock and disbelief on the Facebook page, Save Hastings Pier, which has more than 1,600 members.

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