A severe power cut leaves large areas of northern Scotland without electricity, with almost 200,000 properties said to have been affected.

The prospects for the latest clinical trials of cancer drugs make some front pages, while many feature photographs of a ferry sinking off South Korea.

Motorists are braced for what is set to be the busiest day of the year on the roads so far, with up to 16m cars expected to be used over Easter.

Police in Argentina say they have rescued a teenage girl who had been starved, beaten and kept in a garage for nine years by her foster parents.

The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales turns down a request by members for the results of a sexual ethics survey to be made public.

Senior officials from the US, Russia, the EU and Ukraine meet in Geneva as differences over the crisis in eastern Ukraine deepen.

The Jockey Club, the organisation behind the UK's leading horseracing events, reports record profits for last year of £22m.

Indians are voting in the biggest day of the general election, pitting the ruling Congress party against the main opposition BJP.