A state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand's second largest city after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake collapsed walls and cut off power.

A former boarding school headteacher is facing jail for abusing boys in Norfolk and Suffolk during the 1970s and 1980s.

An extra 350,000 primary school places reportedly will be needed by 2015 due to a surge in the number of four-year-olds, just as education spending is set to be cut by 20%.

After a painful performance on a televised political debate, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer says she had never wanted to take part in the first place.