A Manhattan woman is seeking to sue her nephew for breaking her wrist after he jumped into her arms to give her a hug - she claims he acted unreasonably in doing so.

The famous "Orkney Crab" has now been put forward to be named as a protected food. Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary, Richard Lochhead announced the application by the Orkney Fishermen's Society as part of his speech at the 2015 Scottish Inshore Fisheries Conference in Inverness. Mr Lochhead said:

Whilst Marty McFly was no stranger to trouble, riding his hoverboard in public in 2015 would be an offence - according to guidance released by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Facebook, one of the most valuable companies in the world, is insisting it is legally compliant after paying less than £5,000 in corporation tax last year - less than many of us pay in income tax. The average salary in the UK is £26,500, which results in an income tax and National Insurance contributions bill of £5,392. So how is Facebook managing to earn so much and contribute so little?

Scientist from NASA have recently revealed that they have discovered chemical evidence of liquid water on the surface of Mars. However, at this stage they have mere discovered evidence of liquid water and in order to confirm their theory, they would need to see it, touch it and of course analyse it. Whilst humans at this stage are unable to carry out such an assessment, the task will lie with the Mars Rovers robots, except that they are not permitted under the law.