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20 May 2012
An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, is set to take place across east Asia and the western US on Monday.
20 May 2012
Tens of thousands of fans have taken to the streets of west London to welcome home Chelsea's Champions League-winning squad.
20 May 2012
A cheap drug, which is already prescribed for arthritis, could fight amoebic dysentery, according to researchers in the US.
20 May 2012
People in the Dominican Republic vote for a new president, in a tight contest between two old political rivals and a campaign dominated by inflation concerns.
20 May 2012
West Indies mount a stirring fightback to raise their hopes of pulling off an unlikely victory over England in the first Test at Lord's.
20 May 2012
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell is narrowly beaten by Nicolas Colsaerts in the final of the World Match Play in Andalucia.
20 May 2012
Pakistani authorities block access to the social media website Twitter because of tweets they say are blasphemous and inflammatory.
20 May 2012
Millions of football fans around the world watched Chelsea's dramatic Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich on Saturday night, including world leaders gathered for the G8 Summit at Camp David.
20 May 2012
Scientists identify thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane stored for millennia is bubbling out, potentially accelerating global warming.
20 May 2012
An organisational mistake at the Great CityGames in Manchester costs Jessica Ennis a personal best in the 100m hurdles.
20 May 2012
Following the death of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, David Cameron says he should not have been released from prison.
20 May 2012
A bomb that killed a girl outside a school in southern Italy was probably planted by a single person rather than the mafia, a prosecutor says.
20 May 2012
Families at service for new Falklands War Memorial
20 May 2012
Shelling by Syrian forces kills at least 16 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
20 May 2012
Hundreds of Chelsea fans are gathering ahead of a parade to celebrate their team's Champions League trophy win.
20 May 2012
Jorge Lorenzo beats Valentino Rossi in France on a wet Le Mans track to go top of the MotoGP standings ahead of Casey Stoner.
20 May 2012
The ex-wife of a man who murdered his ex-partner and toddler daughter in Essex tells the BBC he had put a gun to her head.
20 May 2012
Scottish authorities are waiting for confirmation of the details of the death of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.
20 May 2012
Sudan releases four foreigners detained last month near in the disputed area near the border with South Sudan, officials say.
20 May 2012
A senior cabinet colleague defends David Cameron's work ethic after a book outlined weekend relaxations including tennis, karaoke and drinking wine.
20 May 2012
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
20 May 2012
Former chancellor Ken Clarke says Europe's banking system is "in tatters" and warns the UK is "heavily exposed" to potential problems.
20 May 2012
Graeme McDowell is through to the final of the World Match Play, but Paul Lawrie is beaten in the semi-finals.
20 May 2012
Portland Coastguard say there is no hope that two fishermen missing off the Dorset coast since Thursday will be found alive.
20 May 2012
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person ever convicted in connection with the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has died in hospital from cancer, his brother tells agencies.
20 May 2012
Nato leaders are set to hold a summit dominated by Afghanistan, as the alliance prepares to hand over security duties to Afghans by the end of 2014.
20 May 2012
A 16-year-old youth assaulted on the outskirts of north Belfast on Saturday remains in a critical condition in hospital.
20 May 2012
Crowds and cheers as Olympic torch heads for Exeter
20 May 2012
The designer of the iconic Raleigh Chopper bike dies after a battle with cancer.
20 May 2012
Campaigns urging voters to back either Scottish independence or the United Kingdom are set to be launched within weeks.
20 May 2012
RAF Kinloss authorities knew the public could be at risk from chemical weapons buried near the base, according to documents obtained by BBC Scotland.
20 May 2012
The prime minister is this week expected to back a plan to help boost growth by cutting employment red tape.
20 May 2012
Crowded House drummer Peter Jones dies at the age of 45.
20 May 2012
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley insists the quality of hospital food in England will improve, after criticism of the nutritional value of meals currently offered.
20 May 2012
'No-one visits Zambia, so waiting to see the Queen felt surreal'
20 May 2012
Labour's Ed Balls warns the world economy faces a "catastrophe" unless Germany abandons pressure on eurozone countries to cut public spending.
20 May 2012
Chelsea players react to Saturday's dramatic Champions League victory over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, where they beat the German team 4-3 on penalties.
20 May 2012
Andrew Marr and experts ask if the graffiti artist Banksy's latest offering ahead of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee means he is as radical as ever.
20 May 2012
The Surrey town of Staines officially changes its name to Staines-upon-Thames in an attempt to boost its riverside image.
20 May 2012
Members from opposition parties in Wales and non-party activists are set to join forces for a policy think-tank, says Conservative assembly member David Melding.
20 May 2012
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in northern Italy kills at least six people, causing serious damage to buildings in several towns.
20 May 2012
Former Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola says the club should make interim boss Roberto Di Matteo their permanent manager.
20 May 2012
Chelsea fans across the world are celebrating their team's historic Champions League win, as a victory parade in west London is planned.
20 May 2012
West Indies reach 212-4 at lunch to lead England by 57 after Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels dominate at Lord’s.
20 May 2012
A teenage girl's body is found in undergrowth by a Merseyside observatory, sparking the arrest of a man on suspicion of murder.
20 May 2012
Jonathan Edwards introduces coverage of the Great Manchester Run, which celebrates its 10th staging since being introduced as a legacy to the city's hosting of the Commonwealth Games.
20 May 2012
Eight rare breed dogs have been found dead or abandoned in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire in the past three weeks, the RSPCA reveals.
20 May 2012
Hearts footballers will parade through Edinburgh in an open-top bus after their Scottish Cup Final win over Hibs.
20 May 2012
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York with his wife and children to begin a new life in the United States.
20 May 2012
A 21-year-old woman remains critically ill in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast after a shooting tragedy in Bellaghy on Saturday morning.
20 May 2012
The Home Office disputes claims that 1,600 police officers will be lost in Wales due to spending cuts.
20 May 2012
England boss Roy Hodgson warns his players to behave responsibly at their city-centre base during Euro 2012.
20 May 2012
The senior Scotland Yard officer in charge of three linked phone-hacking investigations will retire later this year, the Met Police confirms.
20 May 2012
The elusive search for dialogue in battle-scarred Syria
20 May 2012
Listen to BBC Radio 5 live's coverage as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich on penalties to win the Champions League for the first time in their history.
20 May 2012
An earthquake in northern Italy kills at least three people and causes thousands of others to flee into the streets.
20 May 2012
Voters in Serbia have a choice between a reformist and a nationalist as they vote for a president, months after winning EU candidate status.
20 May 2012
Speaking after the G8 summit, US President Obama says leaders agree that economies must focus on jobs and growth to boost recovery.
20 May 2012
A small number of British soldiers could remain in Afghanistan after forces withdraw in 2014, a senior UK government official says.
20 May 2012
After crisis talks with Sudan's Omar al-Bashir, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki says the president is committed to security agreements with South Sudan.
20 May 2012
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York, after his escape to the US embassy in Beijing last month sparked a diplomatic crisis.
20 May 2012
TV celebrity Keith Lemon says he wants his new movie to replicate the success of the Carry On movies.
20 May 2012
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ends a hectic week by getting married to long -time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise ceremony at his home.
20 May 2012
A service takes place later to dedicate a new memorial at Britain's National Memorial Arboretum to the 255 Britons who died in the Falklands War.
20 May 2012
A 27-year-old man is charged with murder after a woman was found beaten and stabbed at a residential caravan park in Oxfordshire.
20 May 2012
More than 2,000 female members of the Church of England sign a petition opposing the ordination of women bishops.
20 May 2012
Doubts over Peru's strategy against Shining Path rebels
20 May 2012
Two veteran politicians contest elections in the Dominican Republic after a presidential campaign dominated by concerns over rising food and fuel costs.
20 May 2012
How Didier Drogba's self-belief has been key in Chelsea's glory
20 May 2012
Roberto Di Matteo refuses to be drawn on his long-term Chelsea future - even after winning the Champions League.
19 May 2012
Although the Maldives are known as an unspoilt tourist paradise, the islands struggle with managing their waste, as the BBC discovered on a visit to an 'apocalyptic' floating island waste dump.
19 May 2012
A stone discovered by chance on the Isle of Canna is Scotland's first known example of a bullaun "cursing stone", experts reveal.
19 May 2012
The EU is urged to contest Scotland's plans for a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
19 May 2012
South Africa is to opens its first theatre in a township - Soweto - once home to former President Nelson Mandela.
19 May 2012
Chelsea have won the Champions League for the first time in the club's history, beating German team Bayern Munich in a penalty shoot out.
19 May 2012
Residents in the Libyan city of Benghazi vote in local council elections, the first polls held in the city since the 1960s.
19 May 2012
Chelsea achieve a dramatic Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich following a penalty shoot-out at the home of the German side.
19 May 2012
The Olympic flame is being carried from Plymouth to Exeter on the second day of the torch relay ahead of the London 2012 Games.
19 May 2012
Brian O'Driscoll insists Leinster will chase more glory after crushing Ulster 42-14 in the Heineken Cup final at Twickenham.
19 May 2012
At least nine people have been killed and dozens injured after a car bomb exploded in eastern Syria, according to reports.
19 May 2012
Somali government soldiers are among five people killed in two bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu blamed on al-Shabab Islamist fighters.
19 May 2012
Ian Bell feels the wicket of Shivnarine Chanderpaul holds the key to England's chances on the fourth day of the first Test.
19 May 2012
A fourth senior Mexican officer is detained as part of an investigation into links between the army and drug trafficking cartels.
19 May 2012
At the Mexico City Olympics in 1968 two black medal winners made a significant political statement by raising their fists on the winners' podium.
19 May 2012
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says winning promotion back to the Premier League is one of the greatest achievements of his career.
19 May 2012
A bomb has exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing at least one girl and injuring six others.
19 May 2012
Leinster crush a spirited Ulster by a record Heineken Cup final-winning margin to become the first side to win three titles in four years.
19 May 2012
England are closing in on victory at Lord's after dominating the third day, which ended with West Indies 120-4 and trailing by 35.
19 May 2012
Police and the fire service are investigating the death of a man following a fire in Cardiff.
19 May 2012
A has been killed in an accident on the last day of North West 200 road races.
19 May 2012
The leaders of the G8 group of major economies say they want Greece to remain in the eurozone, and commit to promoting growth.
19 May 2012
Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have taken part in a parade and flypast to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
19 May 2012
A rally car ploughs into spectators in the Var region of southern France, killing a marshal and one other person, and injuring at least 15.
19 May 2012
Images from the first leg of the Olympic Torch's 70-day journey
19 May 2012
Ricardo Vaz Te strikes a late winner as West Ham defeat Blackpool in an absorbing Championship play-off final.
19 May 2012
West Ham celebrate promotion to the Premier League after a 2-1 play-off win over Blackpool, secured by Ricardo Vaz Te's dramatic late winner.
19 May 2012
UK PM David Cameron says the G8 summit of world leaders is making "good progress" on talks over the eurozone.
19 May 2012
Rudi Skacel scores twice as Hearts hammer Edinburgh rivals Hibernian to claim the Scottish Cup in a goal-laden Hampden final.
19 May 2012
Live text commentary as Chelsea face Bayern Munich in the Champions League final at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
19 May 2012
Leinster start as favourites against fellow Irish side Ulster as they seek to win the Heineken Cup for the third time in four years.
19 May 2012
The search ends for two fishermen missing off the Dorset coast, after a life-raft was found on-board the wreck of their boat.
19 May 2012
A rally is held to oppose the relocation of 32 ScottishPower office jobs across north Wales.
19 May 2012
Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force take part in an event to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, including a flypast of 78 current and historic aircraft.
19 May 2012
Spanish police are investigating the death of a man, reported to be a 26-year-old Scot, on the Costa Brava in Spain.
19 May 2012
Divisions over Syria spray painted across Beirut
19 May 2012
West Indies are battling to stay alive in the first Test against England at Lord's after losing three quick wickets before tea.
19 May 2012
A suicide bomber kills at least 10 people, a number of them children, at a checkpoint in the eastern Afghan province of Khost, officials say.
19 May 2012
Three men and a woman appear in court in Omagh on charges linked to an alleged terrorist training camp in County Tyrone.
19 May 2012
An explosion in a road tunnel being constructed in central China's Hunan province kills at least 20 people, state media say.
19 May 2012
Premier League victors Manchester City get their title-winning ball back from a teenager who stole it during a pitch invasion.
19 May 2012
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose stay at the US embassy caused a diplomatic crisis, leaves China on a plane heading for the US.
19 May 2012
Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force are taking part in a parade and flypast for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
19 May 2012
The US firm SpaceX aborts the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station.
19 May 2012
A woman is shot dead and another seriously wounded in County Londonderry.
19 May 2012
At least seven people are killed and dozens injured after a powerful car bomb explodes in eastern Syria, officials say.
19 May 2012
A pilot suffers "life-threatening injuries" when his light aircraft crashes into a field in Hertfordshire.
19 May 2012
A teenager is arrested following the discovery of suspicious material in the Aberdeenshire town of Banff on Friday.
19 May 2012
A bomb explodes in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing at least one girl and injuring seven others.
19 May 2012
A bomb explodes in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing a girl and injuring six others, reports say.
19 May 2012
Two men from Rochdale are arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into grooming and child sexual exploitation in the town.
19 May 2012
Three relatives of prominent Lurgan dissident republican Colin Duffy appear in court in Lisburn charged with terrorism offences.
19 May 2012
An appeal is launched for donations to help residents whose homes were damaged by a gas explosion in Cheltenham.
19 May 2012
A wreck found off the Dorset coast is identified as the missing Purbeck Isle fishing boat.
19 May 2012
A mother and child have escape injury during an arson attack on a neighbour's house in Ballymoney on Saturday.
19 May 2012
The US firm SpaceX has aborted the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station (ISS).
19 May 2012
Chelsea captain Frank Lampard is relishing the task of leading his team into the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
19 May 2012
Tens of thousands of Hibs and Hearts fans head to the national stadium for the first Scottish Cup Final between the Edinburgh sides in 116 years.
19 May 2012
Thousands of people turn out to watch the Olympic flame in Cornwall as it starts its 70-day tour of the UK in the build up to the London 2012 Games.
19 May 2012
Europe's debt crisis is to top the agenda at the G8 summit in the US, amid fears that trouble in the eurozone could have global consequences.
19 May 2012
US President Obama hosts an opening dinner for G8 leaders, discussing North Korea, Syria and Iran, with the eurozone crisis likely to top Saturday's agenda.
19 May 2012
The prospect of high student debt and increased pension contributions could discourage young people from entering medicine, a senior doctor warns.
19 May 2012
Colin McIntyre, founding editor of the BBC's Ceefax service, the world's first teletext service, has died at the age of 85, his family confirms.
19 May 2012
LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India.
19 May 2012
Sailing champion Ben Ainslie starts the London 2012 Olympic torch relay from Land's End amid tight security.
19 May 2012
Sri Lanka marks three years since the end of its civil war with a military parade, as the government is reportedly set to free Sarath Fonseka from prison - the man who led the army during the war
19 May 2012
Charges for single use carrier bags is a burden on small businesses and harming tourism in Wales, it is claimed by the TaxPayers' Alliance .
19 May 2012
Opening the talks at Camp David, President Obama said sorting out the problem was a matter of extraordinary importance.
19 May 2012
UK PM David Cameron joins other world leaders at the G8 summit for talks set to focus on the eurozone crisis, amid signs a deal is unlikely to be reached.
19 May 2012
US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives.
19 May 2012
Dita Von Teese on burlesque and her female fans
19 May 2012
Schools should keep detailed records of the languages spoken by ethnic minority pupils urges a report.
19 May 2012
The operation to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia will be the biggest of its kind, at a cost reported to be at least $300m, according to salvage firms and the ship's owners.
19 May 2012
Doctor Who producer and Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat is to receive a special prize at this year's Bafta TV awards, organisers announce.
18 May 2012
Can South Africa overcome prejudice to attract gay tourists?
18 May 2012
The Smith Museum in Stirling is unlocking the display case and letting fans hold the oldest football in the world.
18 May 2012
Spanish energy giant Repsol cancels a contract to provide gas to Argentina, in a continuing row after Buenos Aries nationalised one of its subsidiaries.
18 May 2012
More than 20,000 rugby fans from Belfast and Dublin are descending on Twickenham for the first ever all-Ireland final of Europe's premier club competition, the Heineken Cup.
18 May 2012
Greek officials say Germany's Chancellor Merkel has suggested a euro referendum, but Berlin denies the report, as world leaders gather in the US for a G8 summit meeting.
18 May 2012
The highest court in Maryland allows gay couples to divorce, even though same-sex marriage is not yet allowed in that US state.
18 May 2012
A head teacher is banned from teaching for a year after a conduct hearing is told she humiliated and manhandled children as young as four.
18 May 2012
Spain's Repsol oil company says a first attempt to find oil off Cuba's northern coast has been unsuccessful.
18 May 2012
The Spanish government has announced that the level of bad loans held by the country's banks is at an 18-year high.
18 May 2012
Hooker Rory Best insists Ulster have no interest in playing the 'brave losers' role in Saturday's Heineken Cup final against Leinster.
18 May 2012
A ship moored in Bristol as a visitor attraction is "floated" in a sea of neon-green jelly as part of a cultural festival.
18 May 2012
The Mexican army detains General Ricardo Escorcia Vargas, after putting two other officers under house arrest for alleged links with a drug cartel.
18 May 2012
The European dream has become a nightmare, laments Will Self
18 May 2012
Thousands of Bahrainis protest outside the capital against a plan to create a union of Gulf Arab countries, with similar demonstrations in Tehran and Dubai.
18 May 2012
Shares in internet giant Yahoo rise 5% on reports that it is close to selling its valuable stake in Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce company.
18 May 2012
Indian police charge two Italian marines with the murder of two Indian fishermen, prompting Italy to recall its ambassador.
18 May 2012
The government of Quebec unveils an emergency bill in an effort to quell the most sustained student protests in Canadian history.
18 May 2012
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg opens trading on the Nasdaq exchange, although trading in the social network's shares has been delayed.
18 May 2012
A "very dangerous and predatory" teenager who sexually abused girls he met on Facebook is jailed.
18 May 2012
Streets in Banff are evacuated after the discovery of what police described as "materials" following concerns raised by a member of the public.
18 May 2012
Syrian activists report thousands at protests in the city of Aleppo, which has so far largely stayed loyal to the president since the uprising began.
18 May 2012
Conservative co-chair Baroness Warsi says a "small minority" of Pakistani men see white girls as "fair game".
18 May 2012
A British citizen has been arrested in Bangkok after "six foetuses wrapped in gold leaf" were found in a hotel, Thai police have said
18 May 2012
President Joyce Banda says Malawi will overturn its ban on homosexual acts - the first African country to do so since 1994.
18 May 2012
David Beckham attends a ceremony in Athens where the Olympic flame is handed over to the UK delegation.
18 May 2012
Police and Pubs of Ulster say they are disappointed that Belfast's Rain nightclub has decided to leave a voluntary agreement to close earlier.
18 May 2012
The front counters at seven small police stations in mid and south west Wales could shut to the public under plans by Dyfed-Powys Police.
18 May 2012
Charles Green says administrators at Rangers have told Ticketus they are terminating its contract over future ticket sales.
18 May 2012
The EU Commission and European Central Bank are making contingency plans for a possible Greek exit from the euro, an EU commissioner says.
18 May 2012
Sky News staff have met with police after the channel published the name of the teenager raped by Wales footballer Ched Evans.
18 May 2012
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security in Africa ahead of a G-8 summit near Washington.
18 May 2012
Can Cameron and Hollande bridge the political gulf between them?
18 May 2012
Jeanette Maitland has told the BBC that her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.
18 May 2012
The respected German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, famed for his performances of Schubert's song cycle Winter Journey, dies at the age of 86.
18 May 2012
A notorious Belfast prison that held IRA inmates during the worst of the city's sectarian troubles is to be transformed into a whiskey distillery.
18 May 2012
EasyJet and Belfast International Airport respond to a report by the Air Accident Investigation Branch into an emergency evacuation.
18 May 2012
An independent panel says cardiac services at Glasgow's Sick Children's Hospital "may be unsafe if critical staffing problems are not addressed".
18 May 2012
An extradition request for a Kent man wanted in Portugal for a crime he was cleared of in 1995 is dropped.
18 May 2012
Greater Manchester voters are to be polled over whether they want a referendum on UK membership of the European Union.
18 May 2012
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser Adam Smith will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry next week, it is announced.
18 May 2012
The wreckage of a vessel is found on the seabed during the search for a fishing boat with three crew missing off the Dorset coast.
18 May 2012
A study suggests public sector debt will be pushed up by £100bn over next two decades by higher university fees.
18 May 2012
Actor Jackie Chan, famed for his daring stunts, confirms he will be steering away from action roles in the future.
18 May 2012
Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.
18 May 2012
A Russian court jails an employee of a defence plant in the Urals for spying, in a case said to involve submarine-based nuclear missiles.
18 May 2012
How to plan a military extravaganza for the Queen
18 May 2012
The WBC says it will expel any person or organisation involved with the proposed fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora.
18 May 2012
The first pictures are released showing inside the "world's most expensive house", owned by the Ambani family in Mumbai.
18 May 2012
A new report is recommending that the UK builds its own spaceport, to enable tourists to go into space.
18 May 2012
As Facebook floats itself on the stock exchange, technology experts attending the Future Everything conference in Manchester give their views on the company's worth.
18 May 2012
Aston Villa are talking to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer about taking over as their new manager, according to his club Molde.
18 May 2012
First privately operated delivery to space station opens new era
18 May 2012
Japan urges businesses and households to cut electricity use by up to 15% to avoid possible blackouts.
18 May 2012
Some 2,500 troops and six massed bands will march past the Queen on Saturday to mark her Diamond Jubilee, followed by a flypast of over 80 aircraft.
18 May 2012
Sacha Baron Cohen steps out of character to give a rare interview as himself, but admits it is 'probably a mistake'.
18 May 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron has defended free parenting classes, denying that they are the policy of a 'nanny state'.
18 May 2012
The warm March weather and the wettest April in more than a century have been playing havoc with some of the UK's wildlife.
18 May 2012
Ian Holloway says a second play-off final victory with Blackpool would eclipse the achievement of winning promotion in 2010.
18 May 2012
Pubs group Mitchells & Butlers reports a sharp slowdown in sales, saying the recent wet weather has led to fewer customers.
18 May 2012
The ancient Greek sculpture, Discobolus, epitome of the Olympic spirit, is going back on show at the British Museum after four years on display at foreign museums. Dr Ian Jenkins, senior curator at the British Museum, explains the history of the sculpture.
18 May 2012
One of the biggest flotations ever seen on world stock markets will take place today when shares in the social networking site Facebook go on sale.
18 May 2012
A 21-year-old woman has died following a crash in Kesh, County Fermanagh.
18 May 2012
European stock markets post sharp losses following steep falls in Asia on concerns over Europe's debt crisis.
18 May 2012
A faulty sauna is blamed for a fire at a holiday home in the centre of Llanberis, Gwynedd.
18 May 2012
Sir Steve Redgrave says the overturning of the British Olympic Association's lifetime bans for drug cheats is "absolutely ridiculous".
18 May 2012
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is banned from Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium for five years following angry exchanges with staff at an IPL cricket match.
18 May 2012
Up to 1,600 people are expected to form a human chain in Derby to pay tribute to six children who died after a house fire a week ago.
18 May 2012
Who are the kings and queens dining at Windsor Castle?
18 May 2012
Music producer Thomas Dolby describes how one of his latest songs, Simone, was inspired by his son, Harper, who was born a girl but changed genders.
18 May 2012
A 46-year-old woman dies in hospital after falling and banging her head in a Dundee nightclub.
18 May 2012
Cardiff Airport appoints a specialist recruitment agency to find a new boss following a turbulent week which saw the departure of its managing director.
18 May 2012
A woman claims her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.
18 May 2012
Almost one quarter of buses tested in NI had a serious roadworthiness defect or were committing at least one serious traffic offence, a survey finds.
18 May 2012
A man learns to walk again after an escalator ripped off his big toe in a Nottingham shopping centre.
18 May 2012
Sex offenders, kidnappers and burglars are among Yorkshire criminals given cautions or warnings instead of being prosecuted through the courts, figures obtained by the BBC reveal.
18 May 2012
Nearly half of babies in Malawi are affeced by stunted growth because of malnutrition.
18 May 2012
The Olympic torch will spend 70 days winding its way around the UK en-route to London for the start of the 2012 games.
18 May 2012
The meeting takes place as eurozone crisis rumbles on.
18 May 2012
Coping with the pressure of flying the Olympic light to the UK
18 May 2012
The Olympic flame is due to arrive in the UK on Friday, ready for the start of the London 2012 torch relay.
18 May 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron is to hold his first face-to-face talks with newly elected French President Francois Hollande at the G8 summit.
18 May 2012
The King of Bahrain and Swaziland's King Mswati III are among controversial monarchs expected at a Windsor Castle lunch hosted by The Queen later.
18 May 2012
Lai Changxing, extradited from Canada to China to face smuggling and bribery charges, is jailed for life in China, state media says.
18 May 2012
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Sudan to try to restart talks between Sudan and South Sudan after heavy fighting last month.
18 May 2012
The music industry pays tribute to Donna Summer, famous for disco hits like I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby, after she dies aged 63.
18 May 2012
Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.
18 May 2012
Alan Johnson says he considered running for London mayor and hints that he could seek the job in 2016.
18 May 2012
GCSE results could be overhauled with a cut in the number of grades suggests the exams regulator for England, Ofqual.
18 May 2012
A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum.
18 May 2012
Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.
18 May 2012
The UK agrees a £50m trade deal to sell British pork to China, the world's biggest market for pig meat.
18 May 2012
The US says it will impose import tariffs of about 30% on Chinese solar companies, saying China is flooding it with subsidised products.
18 May 2012
The song Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber have created for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations - featuring Prince Harry on tambourine - is to get its first airing on Radio 2 later.
18 May 2012
A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports.
18 May 2012
Memorials to workers who died building the world famous Forth Bridge are set to be unveiled at either end of the crossing.
18 May 2012
Scotland is falling behind other parts of the world in its provision of care for victims of major trauma, according to a new report.
17 May 2012
Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
17 May 2012
Thieves steal a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys killed by IRA bombs in the Cheshire town of Warrington.
17 May 2012
Asking taxpayers and child benefit recipients to reveal information to their partners is legal, HM Revenue & Customs says, despite claims it breaks confidentiality rules.
17 May 2012
Months of warnings have failed to stop a major malnutrition crisis in Niger, affecting more than six million people, Save the Children says.
17 May 2012
The taxpayer could lose about £2bn once the assets of collapsed bank Northern Rock are wound down, the National Audit Office estimates.
17 May 2012
A major search has been under way to find a fishing boat missing with a crew of three off the Dorset coast.
17 May 2012
British fighter Amir Khan says compulsory drug testing must be introduced in boxing in an attempt to clean up the sport.
17 May 2012
David Beckham and the mayor of London, Boris Johnson were part of an official delegation led by Princess Anne that travelled to Greece to collect the torch.
17 May 2012
The US says it has relaxed some sanctions on investments in Burma and named an ambassador to the country following political reforms.
17 May 2012
The perils of being a reporter on live TV, the cafe just for cats and the $1,500 hot dog.
17 May 2012
Relatives of the blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, have given detailed accounts of the torture and retribution they have allegedly suffered at the hands of Chinese authorities.
17 May 2012
The US has plans in place to attack Iran if other measures fail to stop it developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel says.
17 May 2012
A man is charged with making an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose after police found items in a garage in Cheltenham.
17 May 2012
Stuart Broad is happy with England's position after day one of the first Test at Lord's as West Indies close on 243-9.
17 May 2012
Officials say prisoners have taken control of a jail in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula where at least one person died in a fight between inmates on Wednesday.
17 May 2012
Please Don't Stop The Music scoops the annual Romantic Novel of the Year award
17 May 2012
A scientist in North Carolina had a lucky escape when he was attacked by an alligator.
17 May 2012
France's new government holds its first cabinet meeting, announcing a 30% pay cut for President Hollande and his ministers.
17 May 2012
Education Secretary Michael Gove loses a High Court battle with Essex County Council over government cuts to nursery funding.
17 May 2012
Adele picks up two prizes at the prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting awards - but misses out on two more trophies.
17 May 2012
US singer Donna Summer, famous for disco hits including I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby, dies at the age of 63.
17 May 2012
The first wave of a West African peacekeeping force lands in Guinea-Bissau to try to bring stability after last month's military coup.
17 May 2012
Mary Kennedy - the estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of John F Kennedy - died of asphyxiation due to hanging, authorities say.
17 May 2012
Roberto Martinez is given permission to speak to Liverpool and is one of several candidates shortlisted to succeed Kenny Dalglish.
17 May 2012
Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned.
17 May 2012
Stuart Broad takes six wickets as England seize the upper hand against West Indies on day one of the first Test at Lord's.
17 May 2012
Chef Kunio Miura shows Roland Buerk how to prepare the potentially deadly Japanese dish blowfish.
17 May 2012
The South African government's failure to provide textbooks to all state school pupils violates the constitution, the high court rules.
17 May 2012
MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner is to retire at the end of the season, saying he no longer "has the passion" for the sport.
17 May 2012
Why swimming can be a life-shaping - and a life-saving - skill
17 May 2012
Peter Hain says the dropping of contempt of court proceedings against him for criticising a judge are a "victory for free speech".
17 May 2012
A deal to secure the future of Ellesmere Port's Vauxhall car plant will give a welcome boost to the estimated 400 workers from north-east Wales.
17 May 2012
Rebecca McKeown's manslaughter trial is told the doctor who examined the disabled teenager may have withheld details of a medical examination to protect her professional reputation.
17 May 2012
Welsh speakers would be able to access fully bilingual public services if new plans outlined for the language are given the go-ahead.
17 May 2012
The head of Syria's main opposition umbrella body, the Syrian National Council, says he will resign amid growing criticism and rifts within the group.
17 May 2012
A 24-year-old London man who has served more than seven years in jail for the murder of a trainee chef has his conviction quashed.
17 May 2012
The war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic is postponed on its second day because prosecutors failed to disclose some evidence to the defence.
17 May 2012
Plans to use private firms in police roles in Surrey are put on hold, but West Midlands Police says the delay will not affect the process in its area.
17 May 2012
Nasa's Kepler space telescope provides new insight on the colossal explosions that can occur in the atmospheres of some stars.
17 May 2012
An independent schools leader says A-levels could become university entrance exams if academics are given too much control.
17 May 2012
Gas and electricity price rises at the end of last year are expected to have pushed 400,000 more households in England into fuel poverty.
17 May 2012
The UK says it will retain stricter animal testing standards than required by a new European Union Directive.
17 May 2012
A man whose appeal changed the Scottish legal system walks free from court after a re-trial collapses.
17 May 2012
A drone strike in eastern Yemen has killed two suspected al-Qaeda militants, a Yemeni security official says.
17 May 2012
An 83-year-old man has become the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still being alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service has said.
17 May 2012
Turkey says it scrambled two military jets to chase away an Israeli plane which allegedly violated the airspace of Turkish-held northern Cyprus.
17 May 2012
Two arrests are made after an attack that left a 93-year-old woman in a critical condition in hospital.
17 May 2012
The Princess Royal has expressed her sympathy for athletes preparing for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
17 May 2012
One of the biggest ever hauls of stolen scrap metal has been recovered by police in London.
17 May 2012
At least two suspected armed robbers are killed in an explosion in a minibus in Nigeria's oil capital, Port Harcourt, police say.
17 May 2012
A man admits raping one woman and seriously sexually assaulting another in Glasgow city centre on a Christmas night out.
17 May 2012
Shares in Spanish bank Bankia continue to dive as the government denies reports of a rush of withdrawals from the troubled group.
17 May 2012
Philippe Croizon, a limbless Frenchman, completes the first part of his challenge to swim between five continents.
17 May 2012
A 24-year-old man who has served more than seven years in jail for murder has had his conviction quashed.
17 May 2012
Lottery millionaire Peter Lavery hopes to turn part of the former Crumlin Road Prison in north Belfast into a distillery.
17 May 2012
The government is "determined" to introduce a register of lobbyists before 2015, constitutional reform minister Mark Harper tells a Commons committee.
17 May 2012
Social networking service Pinterest is to receive $100m in funding, prompting analysts to value the two-year-old firm at up to $1.5bn.
17 May 2012
Controversial comments in Labour MP Peter Hain's autobiography were never intended to undermine the administration of justice in Northern Ireland, the High Court in Belfast hears.
17 May 2012
Could the proposal to protect all over-50s from heart attacks work?
17 May 2012
MPs have put questions to Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey and his ministerial team.
17 May 2012
The French privacy watchdog, acting on behalf of the EU, is to meet with Google to scrutinise its controversial privacy policy changes.
17 May 2012
Colin Montgomerie says golf fans in the United States are "not as knowledgeable" as their British counterparts.
17 May 2012
Watching the big events - from the Coronation to the Jubilee
17 May 2012
Three of the four original members of Australian children's entertainers The Wiggles are to leave the group, paving the way for the group's first female performer.
17 May 2012
Two young children allegedly murdered by their mother in their London home were suffocated, an inquest hears.
17 May 2012
The Brazilian government reaches a deal with Rio de Janeiro hotel owners to cut spiralling room prices ahead of a major UN summit in the city.
17 May 2012
A Royal Navy engineer called Brian Diamond serving onboard HMS Diamond receives a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal.
17 May 2012
A cabinet of professors and diplomats is sworn in in Greece to steer the debt-ridden eurozone state into repeat elections on 17 June
17 May 2012
Former Dunfermline football manager Jim Leishman is elected as Fife Council's new Provost.
17 May 2012
Has social media shifted balance when making complaints?
17 May 2012
Alan Hansen believes his friend and former team-mate Kenny Dalglish will be "shocked and distraught" by his sacking at Liverpool.
17 May 2012
About 13,000 moths are captured and recorded by citizen scientists in a project described as the largest of its kind.
17 May 2012
Labour MP John McDonnell has come first in the ballot for Private Member's Bills, which allow MPs to introduce legislation on a subject of their choice.
17 May 2012
New figures show that hate crime cases in Scotland rose 14% over the last 12 months, with just over 6,000 charges reported.
17 May 2012
A military court in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-proclaimed Somaliland, sentences 17 civilians to death for attacking a military base.
17 May 2012
France's new finance minister reiterates that the country's new socialist government will not ratify the European Union's fiscal pact.
17 May 2012
Ram Singh Chauhan's moustache measures 4.29m (14ft) and it is his pride and joy. How did he grow it so long?
17 May 2012
Children from racial and ethnic minorities now account for more than half the births in the US, the latest census says.
17 May 2012
Guitarist and singer Chuck Brown, who mixed funk, soul and Latin styles to help create the "go-go" scene in Washington DC in the 1970s, dies at the age of 75.
17 May 2012
The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has resumed, with the prosecution focusing on the Srebrenica massacre in 1995.
17 May 2012
Striker Michael Owen reveals on Twitter that Manchester United have not offered him a new contract.
17 May 2012
Famous faces join the stars of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom at the opening night gala of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
17 May 2012
Media organisations win a High Court battle over police orders to hand over film of the evictions from the Essex traveller site.
17 May 2012
There must be clear focus on how under-fire Cardiff airport operates an expert warns after a turbulent week which saw its chief executive leave.
17 May 2012
Nicholas Crace, the 83-year-old who has become the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still being alive, told BBC Breakfast why he decided to donate so late in life.
17 May 2012
Unidentified North Koreans holding 29 Chinese fishermen and three boats seized in the Yellow Sea demand payment for their release, Chinese media reports.
17 May 2012
Shares in French Connection fall as the fashion retailer issues a profits warning following a continued fall in sales.
17 May 2012
A man with mental health issues pursued for council tax arrears will receive an apology and £25,000 from Torbay Council.
17 May 2012
David Shukman on a project to put wind turbines deep under water
17 May 2012
The Football Assocation of Ireland (FAI) has said its players will wear black armbands during the Italy match at Euro 2012 to mark the 18th anniversary of the Loughinisland tragedy.
17 May 2012
Simon Cowell speaks to Jim Naughtie from his home in West London in a wide-ranging exclusive broadcast interview.
17 May 2012
Queen Sofia of Spain has cancelled a visit to the UK to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee because of disputes over Gibraltar.
17 May 2012
Crime on Wales' railways has fallen by a quarter over the past year, figures from British Transport Police show.
17 May 2012
The UK's contenders for Olympic road cycling gold
17 May 2012
A five-year plan aimed at raising poor reading and writing standards in Welsh schools is published.
17 May 2012
Whales that use sound to navigate are able to adjust the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noises, say scientists.
17 May 2012
Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson confirms she is writing a modern version of the musical Annie starring Willow Smith.
17 May 2012
Matt Prior's rise from being dropped by England to becoming the best wicketkeeper-batsman in Test cricket
17 May 2012
Savers in Greece have been withdrawing hundreds of millions of euros from Greek banks, amid fears the country may have to withdraw from the single currency.
17 May 2012
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he and his family have completed passport applications and officials say they should be ready in 15 days.
17 May 2012
As research highlights a staggering shortfall in services for thousands injured as a result of the Troubles, survivors lobby Stormont.
17 May 2012
The latest device to harness the power of the tides is being tested in the stormy waters off Orkney in the far north of Scotland.
17 May 2012
Growing small amounts of cannabis should be treated like a speeding ticket with a fine and no criminal record, according to a drugs charity.
17 May 2012
Spain's borrowing costs look set to spike in a bond auction on Thursday, as the Greek crisis saps confidence in other indebted economies.
17 May 2012
A third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school, according to research from the Amateur Swimming Association.
17 May 2012
North Korea resumes work on a light water reactor that could be used to support its nuclear programme after months of inactivity, a US institute says.
17 May 2012
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor tells the BBC he believes the net is closing around Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda.
17 May 2012
Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial enters its second day, with prosecutors focusing on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
17 May 2012
Local authorities across the UK should have a statutory duty to combat climate change, government advisors recommend.
17 May 2012
Housing groups warn that problems in Britain's housing market are not being fixed, on the day that figures on new house building are due.
17 May 2012
The X Factor's Simon Cowell says he is "puzzled" about why BBC One's The Voice is not on the radio instead of TV.
17 May 2012
Japan's economy grows by 1.0% between January and March compared with the previous three months, official figures show.
17 May 2012
Some 88% of social workers think cuts are putting vulnerable children's lives at risk, a survey five years after the death of baby Peter Connolly suggests.
17 May 2012
A team of speed flyers have become the world's first to successfully descend Italy's Mount Etna.
17 May 2012
Old home movies are being used to help trigger the forgotten past of people with dementia and other memory loss.
17 May 2012
Mary Kennedy - the estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of John F Kennedy - is found dead at her home.
17 May 2012
A petition is to go to the Queen asking her to set aside legislation that punished Jacobite sympathisers and all their descendants.
17 May 2012
More than 60 academics from across the world gather in Scotland to examine the literary merits of the Harry Potter novels.
17 May 2012
A subsea turbine which uses tidal power to generate electricity has successfully completed initial tests off Orkney.
17 May 2012
Radio 2 DJ Ken Bruce has pulled in the biggest audience of his career, according to new figures from Rajar.
17 May 2012
The day the ECB saved the eurozone's banks
17 May 2012
Benoit Coueure, from the European Central Bank, has been speaking about their decision to provide a loan of more than a trillion euros to hundreds of banks.
17 May 2012
How retirement complexes could help tackle social care crisis
17 May 2012
Why is departure of children's TV from BBC One mourned by many?
17 May 2012
The Olympic flame is to be officially handed over to organisers of the London Games at a ceremony in Athens.
17 May 2012
David Cameron is expected to say it is his job to keep the UK safe whatever the fate of the eurozone.
16 May 2012
Higher university tuition fees have not boosted teaching time at England's universities, research suggests.
16 May 2012
An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says.
16 May 2012
Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
16 May 2012
How the Swiss Army knife had to adapt after 9/11
16 May 2012
Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC.
16 May 2012
General Motors is to confirm within hours that Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant has been saved, securing the jobs of 2,100 staff, the BBC learns.
16 May 2012
A parliamentary committee questions the length and quality of some apprenticeships, saying six month programmes are of no real benefit.
16 May 2012
Liverpool's owners want the club's new boss to be in place for four to five years, but as of yet there are no front-runners.
16 May 2012
One of the UK's most senior civil servants, Ian Watmore, is to leave his post, it has been announced.
16 May 2012
England boss Roy Hodgson admits Scott Parker could still miss Euro 2012 despite being named in his 23-man squad.
16 May 2012
Rangers have their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo and a £160,000 fine rejected by a Scottish FA tribunal.
16 May 2012
Children's programmes will no longer be shown on BBC One and Two following the digital switchover, the BBC Trust has confirmed.
16 May 2012
Sam Hallam was freed on bail earlier to jubilant scenes at the Court of Appeal.
16 May 2012
Actor Ray Winstone criticises the police after a man who served seven years for a murder he always denied walked free from court.
16 May 2012
Spain's Queen Sofia cancels a vist to the UK for the Diamond Jubilee following disputes with London over the territory of Gibraltar.
16 May 2012
The managing director of under-fire Cardiff Airport leaves his post, it emerges, while a new operations director is appointed by the Spanish owners.
16 May 2012
Google revamps its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions with a new function, the Knowledge Graph.
16 May 2012
The death of an 11-month-old baby killed by a falling lamppost was accidental, a jury rules.
16 May 2012
Conservative backbenchers elect the executive body of their influential 1922 committee, with newer MPs regarded as being more supportive of the coalition gaining ground.
16 May 2012
Andrew Strauss says he has not thought of giving up the England captaincy, ahead of the first Test against West Indies at Lord's.
16 May 2012
In an address to Russian TV today, President Bashar Assad insisted the Syrian people supported his reforms and called his opponents "terrorists".
16 May 2012
Syria is losing the information war against the West, President Bashar al-Assad has said, amid continuing violence across the country.
16 May 2012
A dog saves the day as it sounds the panic alarm as its disabled owner collapses when getting out of the shower.
16 May 2012
Former captain Rio Ferdinand says he is "gutted" to have been left out of England's 23-man squad for Euro 2012.
16 May 2012
Demonstrators and police clash in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka after 33 senior opposition figures are arrested in connection with anti-government protests last month.
16 May 2012
Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas swears in a new cabinet in the West Bank, a move Hamas describes as a "big error".
16 May 2012
Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.
16 May 2012
Victims' campaigner Alan McBride said there is fear among families of victims following the revelation that the PSNI kept body parts and tissue samples in 64 cases of suspicious and unexplained deaths.
16 May 2012
Two Mexican generals are detained and questioned on suspicion of having links to a Mexican drug cartel.
16 May 2012
A California-based private company hopes to usher in a new era in space travel with the successful launch of its rocket and unmanned capsule later this month.
16 May 2012
The Olympic flame is to be passed to London on Thursday evening, after a week-long relay around Greece.
16 May 2012
The US state of Texas is likely to have executed an innocent man due to careless handling of the case, a report by US law students claims.
16 May 2012
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack.
16 May 2012
Paralysed patients control robotic arm using their thoughts.
16 May 2012
Troubled retailer Clinton Cards, which is in administration, is to close almost half its stores across the UK, leading to the loss of almost 2,800 jobs.
16 May 2012
The leader of Greece's leftist party - predicted to top next month's election - accuses the EU and Germany of "playing poker with people's lives", as millions of euros are withdrawn from Greek banks.
16 May 2012
Teachers' pay in England and Wales could be linked to performance and set at different local levels, under proposals set out by the government.
16 May 2012
A 15-year-old boy is convicted of murdering a student who was stabbed in north London after a row over throwing conkers.
16 May 2012
Seven people are killed and more than 20 injured in clashes in Libya's western desert town of Ghadames, the government says.
16 May 2012
A man is arrested on suspicion of helping to carry out an attack on a Mombasa nightclub, in which one person died, police say.
16 May 2012
The jury for the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or has spoken out over claims of sexism prompted by the lack of female filmmakers in the running.
16 May 2012
Student protesters in Montreal storm the University of Quebec, disrupting classes as they were due to resume after a boycott protesting rising tuition fees.
16 May 2012
A pair of Royal portraits are to be seen together for the first time in more than a quarter of a century to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
16 May 2012
Politicians and journalists take part in a service to celebrate the life of Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin, killed in Syria in February.
16 May 2012
At least 150 lives will be saved and thousands of wasted ambulance journeys avoided by a change in 999 response practices, NHS chiefs believe.
16 May 2012
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurates a truth commission to investigate rights abuses, including those committed during military rule from 1964-1985.
16 May 2012
Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York are now able to make in-flight phone calls.
16 May 2012
An application to give the Lincolnshire sausage special protection is turned down by the government.
16 May 2012
BBC children's programmes over seven decades.
16 May 2012
Umberto Bossi, the founder of Italy's main opposition party the Northern League, is under investigation for fraud, authorities say.
16 May 2012
A man convicted of a 2004 murder is freed after the prosecution said it will not oppose his appeal against the conviction.
16 May 2012
BBC Breakfast Presenter Bill Turnbull appears in rapper Professor Green's new music video, Remedy.
16 May 2012
England manager Roy Hodgson names Steven Gerrard as his captain for the European Championship campaign.
16 May 2012
A jury has retired to consider claims that Google wilfully infringed patents belonging to Java developer Oracle.
16 May 2012
A London-based financial service firm, Augentius Fund Administration, is to create up to 164 new jobs in Belfast.
16 May 2012
Two men who beat a Lithuanian man and set him on fire after stuffing his clothes with paper are jailed for life for his "savage" murder.
16 May 2012
US President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party raise a combined $43.6m in April, down from a total of $53m a month earlier.
16 May 2012
Actor Will Smith tried his hand at Olympic sports when he met members from Team GB at the Ethos Centre at Imperial College in London.
16 May 2012
A council apologises after a Labour candidate lost an election when votes were wrongly given to a Conservative rival with a similar name.
16 May 2012
The BBC's Gareth Mitchell discusses whether it is possible to be addicted to social networks like Facebook with psychologist Dr Cecilie Andreassen.
16 May 2012
Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
16 May 2012
Petrol was used to start a fire at a house in Derby in which six children died, police have said at a news conference alongside the grief-stricken parents.
16 May 2012
Schooling in England should not start until the age of six because having formal lessons too early can put bright children off learning, research claims.
16 May 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron says the eurozone must make a decision soon on whether to stay together.
16 May 2012
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the results of last week's widely-criticised parliamentary elections prove people support his reform programme.
16 May 2012
A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures
16 May 2012
Communist Party veterans write to China's president to urge him to sack security chief Zhou Yongkang for supporting disgraced politician Bo Xilai.
16 May 2012
People across Manchester have fall victim to a scam in which they believe they are buying laptops but get a bag of potatoes.
16 May 2012
Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.
16 May 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed a suggestion by Labour leader Ed Miliband that the police are "absolutely furious" with cuts to their budgets, retorting that cuts under Labour would be "deeper".
16 May 2012
Watch live coverage of the Euro 2012 England Squad announcement. (UK users only).
16 May 2012
A German man who alleges he was subjected to "extraordinary rendition" by the CIA takes his case to the European Court of Human Rights.
16 May 2012
Renegade general Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is still forcing youngsters to fight for him in the Democratic Republic of Congo, campaigners say.
16 May 2012
Labour AM Keith Davies faces further action from his party over his drunken behaviour at a five-star hotel, BBC Wales understands.
16 May 2012
Search giant Google patents the technology behind its augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass.
16 May 2012
Police officers need to take their "share" of government cuts, Home Secretary Theresa May tells rank and file officers.
16 May 2012
Police divers searching for a 16-year-old boy who went missing while fishing at a quarry in North Lanarkshire find a body.
16 May 2012
The Labour leader Ed Miliband has joked in the Commons about the prime minister's text correspondence with former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks.
16 May 2012
The BBC Trust confirms children's shows will no longer be shown on BBC One and BBC Two after digital switchover.
16 May 2012
A study of the world's largest subway networks shows they share a number of mathematical features, irrespective of their age or location.
16 May 2012
A judge criticises the "wholly inadequate" care given to a mentally ill man who stabbed a 15-year-old boy to death in north London.
16 May 2012
Bahrain's foreign ministry summons Iran's charge d'affaires following Iranian comments objecting to a proposed union between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
16 May 2012
Jobs are under threat at the organic yogurt maker Rachel's in Aberystwyth.
16 May 2012
The Spanish government rejects a request from the Basque militant group Eta for talks, seven months after its truce, and calls on it to disband.
16 May 2012
Petrol was used to start a fire in a house in Derby in which six children died as their parents appeal for privacy, police say.
16 May 2012
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic intended to "ethnically cleanse" Bosnia, the opening day of his war crimes trial hears.
16 May 2012
The home secretary is "on the precipice of destroying" a police service admired throughout the world, rank-and-file officers warn.
16 May 2012
UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million in the three months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics.
16 May 2012
Scottish artist George Wyllie, best known for giant public works like The Paper Boat, has died aged 90.
16 May 2012
The Bank of England warns that the eurozone is "tearing itself apart" posing a risk to the UK recovery, as it cuts it growth forecast for this year.
16 May 2012
The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles are in East Lancashire for the latest leg of the Diamond Jubilee tour.
16 May 2012
A senior police officer apologises for the distress caused to families following the revelation that the PSNI kept body parts and tissue samples in 64 cases of suspicious and unexplained deaths.
16 May 2012
A former top official with one of Argentina's leading human rights movements, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, has been charged with embezzlement.
16 May 2012
The gas leak from the Elgin platform in the North Sea has been stopped, oil firm Total says.
16 May 2012
Unemployment in Wales fell by 1,000 in the first three months of the year, with 132,000 out of work, but the total continues to rise among women.
16 May 2012
A female prison officer who harboured an inmate after he absconded from an open prison is jailed.
16 May 2012
Ex-foreign secretary Jack Straw says it would have been "disgusting" if the UK had sent troops to war in Iraq only after considering if there was enough press support.
16 May 2012
Have the punks of '77 changed their minds about the Royals?
16 May 2012
Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor accuses the prosecution of paying witnesses to testify against him in his war crimes trial in The Hague.
16 May 2012
A pioneering UK project to test technology for a climate "technical fix" has been postponed for at least a year.
16 May 2012
A teenager who survived Anders Behring Breivik's attack on Utoeya island tells his trial in Oslo that she only lived because she hid under another victim's body.
16 May 2012
The parents of six children who were kiiled in a house fire in Derby have appealed to the press to leave them to grieve alone.
16 May 2012
Jean-Marc Ayrault takes over as France's new Socialist prime minister amid news that one of the party's top politicians will not join his cabinet.
16 May 2012
The six UN observers who came under fire in northern Syria have spent the night with the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA), UN officials say.
16 May 2012
Blizzard say they are working to fix a 'game breaking' bug in Diablo III as the eagerly anticipated release is hit by more problems.
16 May 2012
Is it time to get rid of traffic lights?
16 May 2012
The euro hits a fresh four-month low against the dollar as political uncertainty in Greece fuels speculation it could leave the single currency.
16 May 2012
One of the two male masseurs who have accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault withdraws his legal action.
16 May 2012
The body of Honduran radio journalist Alfredo Villatoro, abducted on his way to work a week ago, is found near the capital, Tegucigalpa.
16 May 2012
The UK's two measurement systems are a "confusing shambles" and must be reformed, former foreign secretary Lord Howe says.
16 May 2012
The 65th Cannes Film Festival is to open in France later, amid criticism that no female directors will be in competition.
16 May 2012
Lamont Peterson rejects calls from Amir Khan to surrender his WBA and IBF title belts despite failing a drugs test.
16 May 2012
Red Bull's Aussie charger on his former boss Frank Williams's birthday win in Barcelona, and the "incredible" Premier League season.
16 May 2012
The Greek president meets party leaders to set up a caretaker government, ahead of fresh elections expected next month, as the euro slides.
16 May 2012
Natasha Jonas is the first female British boxer to qualify for the Olympics after reaching the World Championships semi-finals.
16 May 2012
A Londonderry man claims republican vigilantes told him to go to anger management classes or get shot.
16 May 2012
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is to write the script for Sony Pictures' upcoming biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
16 May 2012
The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years and looks like it will fall further, figures obtained by Labour suggest.
16 May 2012
Liverpool's mayor should be paid £79,000 - the highest allowance for a mayor outside London - an independent panel recommends.
16 May 2012
Researchers smash a record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum.
16 May 2012
An Indonesian team finds the cockpit voice recorder of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that crashed last week and searches for the flight data recorder.
16 May 2012
Deaths linked to drugs and drink in Wales rise by 31% in 10 years, compared with 15% in England, official figures show.
16 May 2012
Over-the-counter HIV tests, which would allow people in the US to check in the privacy of their homes if they have the virus, move a step closer.
16 May 2012
A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.
16 May 2012
President Obama has welcomed the LA Galaxy football team to the White House to celebrate the team's winning of the Major League soccer championship in the US.
16 May 2012
Gunmen opened fire and threw grenades from outside the gates of the building.
16 May 2012
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN warns.
16 May 2012
The Pentagon issues further safety procedures for its most advanced fighter jet, following complaints by pilots about oxygen shortages during flights.
16 May 2012
The 35 carat Beau Sancy diamond is at least 400 years old, and until now has been owned only by members of Europe's royal families.
16 May 2012
Flipboard, the popular social news magazine, starts integrating audio into its app for Apple's hand-held devices.
16 May 2012
Felicity Kendal visits Indian prisoners who perform Shakespeare, and discovers the impact the playwright has had on Indian culture.
16 May 2012
New nurses should be judged on their compassion not just their skills, the NHS Confederation chairman is to say.
15 May 2012
The maggot expert who is being called in by murder police
15 May 2012
A London 2012 delegation headed by Seb Coe prepares to receive the Olympic flame in Greece.
15 May 2012
Cutting air pollution has an instant impact on heart health, experts believe, after reviewing studies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
15 May 2012
Complaints about an advert for bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people are upheld by the industry watchdog.
15 May 2012
A 35-carat diamond passed among Europe's royalty for four centuries, the Beau Sancy, sells for twice its reserve at auction in Switzerland.
15 May 2012
Proposed new laws to "limit the impact" of UK-wide welfare reforms in Scotland should be passed, says a special Holyrood committee.
15 May 2012
April proved to be a washout for many Scottish shops as cold and wet weather hit sales, according to a survey.
15 May 2012
The tech firm putting the smart into smartphone
15 May 2012
UK manufacturers want the government to offer more support rather than "empty rhetoric", a new survey by business advisers BDO says.
15 May 2012
England manager Roy Hodgson is set to omit Rio Ferdinand from his squad for Euro 2012 while Kyle Walker misses out through injury.
15 May 2012
US President Barack Obama congratulates the LA Galaxy, the winner of Major League Soccer cup, and receives his own Galaxy jersey.
15 May 2012
Nvidia unveils a new GPU which it says should help the the US overtake Japan to claim the world's fastest supercomputer.
15 May 2012
Newly inaugurated French President Francois Hollande pledges to work with Germany to resolve the EU's economic crisis, despite policy differences.
15 May 2012
Carlos Fuentes, one of the most famous Latin American authors, has died in Mexico at the age of 83.
15 May 2012
There is a "hint of imperial delusion" about the coalition's foreign policy, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander has said.
15 May 2012
The European Union agrees strict new rules for banks, intended to make them safer and eliminate the need for future bailouts.
15 May 2012
Fighter jets have rehearsed a fly-past over Anglesey for the Diamond Jubilee, although the actual event will be over Windsor Castle.
15 May 2012
Prince Edward asked for "royal homework pardon" but doesn't sign
15 May 2012
Ratko Mladic now faces eleven charges including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
15 May 2012
United States President Barack Obama teases LA Galaxy captain David Beckham on the team's visit to the White House, joking that "half his team-mates could be his kids".
15 May 2012
The BBC's Sport Editor David Bond visits China, the host of the Olympics in 2008, to find out what legacy lessons can be learned for the London Olympics.
15 May 2012
The PSNI reveal they have kept body parts and tissue samples in 67 cases of suspicious and unexplained deaths without notifying relatives.
15 May 2012
A 66-year-old man dies following a two-vehicle crash on the Lisnevenagh Road in Ballymena.
15 May 2012
Testing is under way of London's newest form of transport - a gondola lift cable car across the River Thames.
15 May 2012
Rebekah Brooks expresses anger after being charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice as part of the phone-hacking inquiry.
15 May 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron appears to have made a major concession on the timing of a referendum on Scottish independence.
15 May 2012
At least 20 people are killed by Syrian security forces in the north-west town of Khan Sheikhoun during a visit by UN observers, activists say.
15 May 2012
The trial of jailed Ukraine opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is delayed until late June after the prosecution is granted more time.
15 May 2012
A young couple deliver their baby at home in Wakefield after a labour lasting just eight minutes.
15 May 2012
Andy Murray overcomes David Nalbandian 6-1 4-6 7-5 to make it into the third round of the Masters series event in Rome.
15 May 2012
An explosion reportedly targeting a politician in the Colombian capital Bogota kills at least five people and injures dozens more.
15 May 2012
The chairman of Cardiff City FC pledges commitment by himself and its major investor to the club after emerging from key talks on its future.
15 May 2012
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is considering attending Nato's Chicago summit on Afghanistan amid signs that a crisis in relations may be easing.
15 May 2012
A Carlisle takeaway boss has been jailed for 15 years for attempting to recruit four girls aged between 12 and 16 into prostitution.
15 May 2012
Dylan Hartley returns to the England squad for the meeting with the Barbarians after an eight-week ban for biting.
15 May 2012
The decision to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood will come to be seen as a "terrible mistake", former chancellor Alistair Darling claims.
15 May 2012
The head of JPMorgan Chase, the biggest US bank, is backed by shareholders days after it revealed a $2bn (£1.2bn) trading blunder.
15 May 2012
France's new President Francois Hollande is forced to board a second flight to Berlin for talks with Germany's Chancellor Merkel after his plane is hit by lightning.
15 May 2012
Jon Cruddas is put in charge of Labour's policy review in a minor reshuffle of Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet.
15 May 2012
Gary Lineker expects Peter Crouch to be included in England's Euro 2012 squad, which will be announced on Wednesday.
15 May 2012
Human error is blamed for a mix-up over payments to Kent County Council leader Paul Carter which cost the authority £20,000.
15 May 2012
Jewellery made with stones cut from the world's biggest diamond will go on display for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
15 May 2012
Papers relating to the way the culture secretary handled News Corp's bid to take over BSkyB should not be published, Lord Justice Leveson urges.
15 May 2012
Pontypridd MP Owen Smith is made shadow Welsh secretary after Peter Hain stepped down from Labour's front bench.
15 May 2012
Greece agrees to pay off some of the investors who rejected its bond swap earlier this year.
15 May 2012
Schools in England will sent copies of the King James Bible from this week to mark the 400th anniversary of its publication.
15 May 2012
David Luiz and Gary Cahill give Chelsea a fitness boost ahead of Saturday's Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
15 May 2012
A Nokia spokeswoman criticises Apple after it appears to "override" its Siri software over the question: "What is the best smartphone?"
15 May 2012
An Armagh man has admitted the manslaughter of a County Armagh farmer during a robbery at his home more than three years ago.
15 May 2012
Work begins on moving a massive 6,000 tonne section of the first of Britain's two new aircraft carriers from Portsmouth to Rosyth in Scotland.
15 May 2012
Debt-stricken Greece is set to go to the polls again after parties failed to agree on a new government, says Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos.
15 May 2012
Oldest winner of Sony radio award celebrates beating Frank Skinner
15 May 2012
The government terminates a contract with welfare-to-work company A4e after deciding that continuing would be "too great a risk".
15 May 2012
The family of Victoria Stafford, a murdered eight-year-old from Ontario, will speak as Michael Rafferty is sentenced for her rape and murder.
15 May 2012
A BBC Arabic investigation uncovers cases of children being seriously injured at Jordan's private care homes for the mentally disabled.
15 May 2012
Scientists in the US have developed a way to generate electricity using viruses.
15 May 2012
South African police fire tear gas after clashes between opposition supporters and trade union activists in central Johannesburg.
15 May 2012
Two British citizens have died in separate incidents in Gran Canaria, believed to be linked to a heatwave gripping the Canary Islands.
15 May 2012
Manchester City will match the spending of Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona in a bid for European glory, Roberto Mancini says.
15 May 2012
Baidu, China's search giant, has announced the launch of its first smartphone.
15 May 2012
A paralysed man has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord.
15 May 2012
There is no clear link between performance pay for teachers and raising standards in schools, says an international survey.
15 May 2012
A report finds that 60 sites have been wrongly blocked by UK mobile filters designed to protect children.
15 May 2012
Fans on Cardiff City supporter websites are being warned that police are monitoring what is being written following claims that racist messages were posted.
15 May 2012
The manager of a company which lost £11,000 of sex toys in a burglary says she cannot understand why the items were stolen.
15 May 2012
BBC Radio Humberside presenters Beryl and Betty have become the oldest ever winners of a Sony Radio Academy Award, for best entertainment programme.
15 May 2012
Scotland, Wales and Republic of Ireland declare an interest in hosting Euro 2020 along with Georgia and Turkey.
15 May 2012
A mother in Londonderry explains why she allowed her son to be shot by vigilante group RAAD.
15 May 2012
Radical changes are being considered to the rules governing learner drivers, Environment Minister Alex Attwood says.
15 May 2012
The Queen sits down to tea with couples celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on the latest leg of her Diamond Jubilee tour.
15 May 2012
A Carlisle takeaway boss is jailed for 15 years for attempting to recruit four girls aged between 12 and 16 into prostitution.
15 May 2012
Senior trauma surgeons have raised concerns over a deal to give Olympic VIPs fast-track emergency care during the 2012 games.
15 May 2012
Parents on new support for children with special needs
15 May 2012
A teenager who survived Anders Breivik's attack on Utoeya island tells court she heard "the worst screaming" as he carried out his attacks.
15 May 2012
Facebook raises the price range at which it hopes to sell shares from $28-$35 to $34-$38, potentially putting its total value above $100bn.
15 May 2012
Manchester United's Ryan Giggs named greatest player of the Premier League era while Sir Alex Ferguson wins top manager award.
15 May 2012
A town councillor fraudulently claimed more than £20,000 of benefits in his wife's name for nearly two years after she died, a court hears.
15 May 2012
Minister for Education John O'Dowd finds £72m in his budget to reallocate to a range of sectors over the next three years.
15 May 2012
A hundred couples are married in a mass ceremony sponsored by local government in northern Nigeria - in an effort to provide stable homes for Muslim divorcees and widows.
15 May 2012
The creative brains studying at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in New York are showcasing their ideas for a smarter tomorrow.
15 May 2012
TV station Channel 4 loses £42.3m in 2011 although the 4Channels group, of which it is part, increases its profits.
15 May 2012
Bond is resuming helicopters flights which had been suspended after one of its aircraft ditched in the North Sea last week.
15 May 2012
The BBC announces details of the digital services that will offer viewers the most comprehensive coverage of an Olympic Games.
15 May 2012
Mike Phillips and James Hook will be released early by their French clubs for Wales' June Tests.
15 May 2012
The United Nations Development Programme says Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity if it is to sustain its economic boom.
15 May 2012
What does security chief's speech say about China's power struggle?
15 May 2012
Francois Hollande rode up the Champs Elysees in an open-topped car following his inauguration, waving to the crowd despite the rain.
15 May 2012
Former Test cricket umpire Dickie Bird receives an OBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace for services to sport and to charity.
15 May 2012
What may be the earliest direct example of insect pollination of plants has been identified by scientists in 100-million-year-old amber blocks from Spain.
15 May 2012
The vast majority of airlines are conforming to EU rules on reporting carbon dioxide emissions, despite a number of protests and lawsuits.
15 May 2012
Oil and gas firm Aker Solutions announces plans to create 500 new jobs in the north east of Scotland.
15 May 2012
The government's refusal to publish the full risk assessment of the planned changes to the NHS is unjustified and departs from policy, says the Information Commissioner.
15 May 2012
A baby died months after suffering irreversible brain damage after being deprived of oxygen at birth, an inquest in Cardiff hears.
15 May 2012
The government will bring forward the recruitment of 70 border staff to prevent lengthy queues at Heathrow Airport following the Olympics.
15 May 2012
Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she is trying to "re-route, re-mode, re-time" as part of a government drive to cut travel during the Olympics.
15 May 2012
The al-Nusra Front, a Syrian Islamist militant group, denies saying it was behind last week's deadly bomb attacks in Damascus.
15 May 2012
A man who murdered his partner's five-year-old son by kicking and beating him at their Peterborough home is jailed for life.
15 May 2012
The 14-year-old half-brother of six children who died in a house fire in Derby has paid tribute to his siblings.
15 May 2012
Spain's grassroots protest movement grows and matures
15 May 2012
The UK's overall trade gap in March narrowed to £2.7bn, but the deficit for trade in goods alone was unchanged at £8.6bn, official figures show.
15 May 2012
Haiti's new Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe gets parliamentary backing for his policies, ending nearly three months of political stalemate.
15 May 2012
Tao Porchon-Lynch has been named the oldest yoga teacher in the world by Guinness World Records.
15 May 2012
EU naval forces conduct their first raid on pirate bases on the Somali mainland, saying they have destroyed several boats.
15 May 2012
A free trade agreement between the US and Colombia takes effect five years after being signed, with Colombian flowers the first goods to be sent.
15 May 2012
Community groups in Londonderry say the vigilante group Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) has been carrying out paramilitary style shootings and is responsible for driving scores of people out of the city.
15 May 2012
Action from the first practice session for the North West 200.
15 May 2012
Paul Scholes plays on for another season, Premier League Awards, Robin van Persie talks, plus more.
15 May 2012
Hen harriers are "perilously close" to being wiped out as a breeding bird in England, with just one pair nesting this year, a wildlife charity says.
15 May 2012
Britney Spears and Demi Lovato join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid as judges on the US version of The X Factor.
15 May 2012
The first minister says the Welsh government would be willing to buy a stake in Cardiff Airport if it was put up for sale.
15 May 2012
As it marks its first year operating in the UK, Twitter tells the BBC it is to work more closely with government and other policymakers.
15 May 2012
Manchester United chief executive David Gill says the club have funds to challenge for the title next season.
15 May 2012
An Iranian man convicted of killing one of the country's nuclear scientists two years ago is hanged, Iranian state media say.
15 May 2012
The German economy returned to growth in the first quarter of the year with a 0.5% rise in GDP, but France's economy recorded zero growth.
15 May 2012
Seventy firefighters are tackling a factory blaze in the south Wales valleys, which forces the cancellation of train services and a school to close.
15 May 2012
Patients in England are suffering from shortages of some medicines, according to the All Party Pharmacy Group of MPs.
15 May 2012
India's cricket authorities call an emergency meeting after a television channel alleges extensive corruption in Indian Premier League cricket.
15 May 2012
Owners of dangerous dogs who are convicted in England and Wales are to face tougher punishments under new guidelines.
15 May 2012
Many schools in Wales are failing to plan well enough on how to develop literacy and numeracy among 11 to 14 year-olds, education body Estyn warns.
15 May 2012
On Tuesday Francois Hollande will be sworn in as France's new president, before immediately being put to work trying to tackle the European debt crisis.
15 May 2012
Jonathan Agnew believes West Indies will struggle in early-season England conditions, and assesses Jonny Bairstow's inclusion
15 May 2012
An investigation by BBC NI's Spotlight into Sean Quinn's empire has tracked down the headquarters of a company that controls more than $100m-worth of assets belonging to Irish taxpayers.
15 May 2012
The 14-year-old half-brother of six children who died in a Derby house fire says the family is "struggling".
15 May 2012
AMD unveils its latest PC chip boasting more graphics power than Intel's Ivy Bridge and new 'energy recycling' tech.
15 May 2012
Patients in England are suffering from shortages in the supply of some medicines, an all party group of MPs says.
15 May 2012
Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller will represent Britain at the 2013 Venice Biennale, the British Council announces.
15 May 2012
Shares in Asia fall, taking their lead from Europe and the US, as political turmoil in Greece make investors seek less risky assets.
15 May 2012
A Soyuz rocket carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut has launched successfully from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
15 May 2012
A Wal-Mart customer is recovering after he was bitten by a rattlesnake while shopping in a garden department at the store chain.
15 May 2012
A 10-year-old girl, Eliana Mann, has had a tumour weighing more than 3kg removed in an operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
15 May 2012
Political parties in Greece will join another round of cliff-edge talks after inconclusive elections, as fears grow that a eurozone exit is nearing.
15 May 2012
Francois Hollande prepares to be inaugurated as French president - and within hours will be in Germany to discuss Europe's debt crisis.
15 May 2012
The number of people in their 50s dying from cancer in the UK has fallen to its lowest recorded level, figures reveal.
15 May 2012
The government's planned changes to child benefit are "seriously flawed" and undermine the principle of individual taxation, accountants say.
15 May 2012
A web-connected robot that emits a puff of perfume is helping people gauge how connected they are online.
15 May 2012
A new breed of musicians playing rock and reggae with highly topical lyrics are doing their best to keep social and political issues in the spotlight in India.
15 May 2012
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is due to meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the second day of his visit to Burma.
15 May 2012
Gallery stages 'ironic' Diamond Geezer exhibition
15 May 2012
Open speculation about whether Greece can remain a member of the eurozone is "damaging" for the whole of Europe, Chancellor George Osborne says.
15 May 2012
California Governor Jerry Brown unveils a plan of tax hikes and spending cuts to tackle the cash-strapped US state's yawning $15.7bn (£9.7bn) budget gap.
15 May 2012
Patients and NHS staff are being urged to help Labour gather information on how front-line care is being affected.
15 May 2012
As the Queen celebrates 60 years as the supreme governor of the Church of England, a BBC poll indicates almost 80% of people in England support a religious role for the monarch.
15 May 2012
Owners of dangerous dogs who are convicted in England and Wales will face tougher punishment under new guidelines.
14 May 2012
Environmentalists say leaders at June's Rio+20 summit must urgently step up nature protection, as a report confirms a 30% decline in wildlife since 1970.
14 May 2012
How a magnet could save you from a fatal shark attack
14 May 2012
Offshore engineering and fabrication firm Global Energy Group is establishing its first permanent base in Norway.
14 May 2012
An agreement to safeguard a historic country house in Midlothian is being signed by Historic Scotland and Midlothian Council.
14 May 2012
Rupert the horse appearing in production of Falstaff
14 May 2012
Brazil says it will lift millions of children in its impoverished north and north-east out of poverty by expanding its social welfare programmes
14 May 2012
There is a "compelling" case for a system of road charging, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the RAC.
14 May 2012
Parents in England are to be given more financial control over support for their children with special educational needs.
14 May 2012
Scientists plan to deliver a coffin to Downing Street on Tuesday to protest about "the death of British science".
14 May 2012
Why securing finance can be tough for tech start-ups
14 May 2012
A bomb is found on a plane at St Angelo airport near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.
14 May 2012
Football pundits Andy Gray and Richard Keys, who left Sky Sports amid a sexism row, win a prize at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.
14 May 2012
England manager Roy Hodgson praises Gary Neville, claiming his role as a media pundit played a big part in his joining the coaching staff.
14 May 2012
Ratings agency Moody's cuts the credit ratings on 26 Italian banks, including Italy's largest lenders Unicredit and Intesa Sanpaolo.
14 May 2012
Striker Robin van Persie will open talks to determine his Arsenal future at manager Arsene Wenger's house on Wednesday.
14 May 2012
Manchester City apologise after striker Carlos Tevez is pictured with a sign saying "RIP Fergie" during his side's title parade.
14 May 2012
With no end to the political crisis in Athens in sign, EU policy-makers are now talking about the the technical process of managing a Greek withdrawal from the eurozone.
14 May 2012
As demand for gold booms around the world, the UN is calling for tougher measures to prevent smuggling and the exploitation of workers in unregulated mines.
14 May 2012
Talks on forming a new Greek government end without a breakthrough but will resume on Tuesday, as European markets fall sharply.
14 May 2012
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have agreed to end a mass hunger strike, which has been going on for more than two months.
14 May 2012
European financial markets have fallen amid growing concerns about the political and economic crisis in Greece, and its impact on the eurozone.
14 May 2012
Officials in Rome have exhumed the body of infamous Italian gangster Enrico De Pedis, who was killed in 1990.
14 May 2012
Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes is set to play on for a further season, after coming out of retirement in January.
14 May 2012
A Metropolitan Police officer dies at a police station after suffering gunshot wounds.
14 May 2012
Two Stormont junior ministers suggest Northern Ireland's golf clubs may harbour secret sectarian attitudes.
14 May 2012
A new regulator will ensure that supermarkets work in the "best, long-term interests of consumers" and "treat their suppliers fairly and lawfully", Business Secretary Vince Cable has told MPs.
14 May 2012
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul ends his active campaign for the White House, his campaign says, with Mitt Romney poised to seal the nomination.
14 May 2012
The governor of Northern Ireland's third largest prison, Hydebank Wood, is suspended from duty following a report into the death of a 23-year-old female prisoner.
14 May 2012
Five people are killed in sectarian clashes in the Lebanese city of Tripoli linked to continuing unrest in neighbouring Syria, officials say.
14 May 2012
Williams and Formula 1's governing body launch an investigation into the fire in the pit after the Spanish Grand Prix.
14 May 2012
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for what he says are the two "most dangerous" rebel leaders in DR Congo.
14 May 2012
Manchester City's players and manager praise the club's supporters as they celebrate their Premier League title at their victory parade.
14 May 2012
Company in China specialises in building modular high buildings in short time frames.
14 May 2012
Argentine Vice-President Amado Boudou is under investigation over allegations that he abused his position to make money.
14 May 2012
Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails have agreed to end their mass hunger strike under a deal with Israel to improve prison conditions.
14 May 2012
An ex-employee of Sir Paul McCartney was sexually assaulted by a masseur just before the singer was due to have a massage from him, a court hears.
14 May 2012
A boy who was rescued from the River Avon after a boating accident in which his father and three-year-old brother died has been discharged from hospital.
14 May 2012
A house fire which killed six children in Derby was started deliberately, police confirm.
14 May 2012
The West African regional bloc Ecowas threatens to re-impose sanctions on Mali's coup leaders, who it says are still meddling in politics.
14 May 2012
Four patients being treated for diarrhoea and vomiting at a hospital in the west of Scotland have died.
14 May 2012
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her husband will be told on Tuesday if they are to be charged with perverting the course of justice.
14 May 2012
Unions urge the government not to bring in regionalised public sector pay after Nick Clegg says no decision has been reached.
14 May 2012
A system said to block bit torrent downloads is backed by a Microsoft fund, but experts dispute its long-term effectiveness.
14 May 2012
Muhammad Shahid Nazir has notched up over a million YouTube hits after performing his 'one pound fish' song at Queen's market in east London.
14 May 2012
A Carlisle takeaway boss is convicted of attempting to recruit girls aged between 12 and 16 into prostitution and running a brothel from his business.
14 May 2012
The founder of US electronics retailer Best Buy is leaving after it was found he knew the chief executive was having an affair but did not disclose it.
14 May 2012
Barack Obama's US re-election campaign takes aim at Mitt Romney, portraying him as a job-killer who cannot be trusted with the American economy.
14 May 2012
A Peterborough man who kicked and bit his partner's five-year-old son is found guilty of the boy's murder.
14 May 2012
Afghan women are more and more taking part in sports in public since the fall of the Taliban 10 years ago.
14 May 2012
QPR chairman Tony Fernandes cools speculation about Joey Barton's future after his red card at Manchester City.
14 May 2012
Iran and the IAEA have resumed discussions about access to the country's nuclear sites at new talks in Vienna.
14 May 2012
The emergency services are dealing with a serious collision involving a car and a lorry on the A9.
14 May 2012
The body of Italian gangster Enrico De Pedis is exhumed in Rome, 22 years after his death, as police look for clues about a missing teenager.
14 May 2012
A "nationally significant" bronze medieval jug, which last sold for £750,000 is stolen from a Bedfordshire museum.
14 May 2012
Nato says it did "everything possible to minimise risk to civilians" during last year's air strikes in Libya, after a critical report by a rights group.
14 May 2012
JPMorgan Chase says its chief investment officer Ina Drew is to leave after a $2bn (£1.2bn) trading blunder.
14 May 2012
Survivors who were shot by Anders Behring Breivik during the Utoeya killings have begun testifying at his trial in Oslo.
14 May 2012
Roberto Mancini tells BBC Sport in an exclusive interview that Manchester City's stunning Premier League title success is "probably the best moment" of his football career.
14 May 2012
A 13-year-old boy has died days after a house fire in Derby that killed five of his younger siblings.
14 May 2012
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville joins Roy Hodgson's coaching staff as England finalise their preparations for Euro 2012.
14 May 2012
Chancellor Angela Merkel admits her party suffered a "bitter, painful defeat" in Germany's largest state election in North Rhine-Westphalia.
14 May 2012
A Welsh Guardsman shot dead in Afghanistan along with an RAF corporal is described as a "formidably talented team commander" by a senior officer.
14 May 2012
Tony Blair's ex-press secretary Alastair Campbell gives evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics for a second time
14 May 2012
A retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California.
14 May 2012
Two UK servicemen shot dead in Afghanistan on Saturday by members of the Afghan national police force are named by the Ministry of Defence.
14 May 2012
Italian police say they are "fairly confident" a body found in a river near Lake Como is a holidaymaker from Derbyshire who went missing last year.
14 May 2012
Nurses are still unhappy despite giving the Health Secretary a dignified reception, the leader of the RCN has said.
14 May 2012
Greek President Karolos Papoulias has been holding talks with leaders of the country's smaller parties, including the extremist right-wing party, Golden Dawn.
14 May 2012
European shares fall as the continuing political uncertainty in Greece undermines investor confidence.
14 May 2012
A 40-year-old Swedish man, Peter Mangs, pleads not guilty to a series of attacks targeting mainly immigrants as his trial starts in Malmo.
14 May 2012
A man accused of murdering his wife said their children would soon forget her, a trial has heard.
14 May 2012
The first planeload of refugees stranded for months in a camp in Sudan is flown to South Sudan - among 500,000 who may be forced to leave.
14 May 2012
Apple has stopped using '4G' in adverts for its latest iPad following complaints about which technologies the phrase stood for.
14 May 2012
Alex McLeish looks set to leave Aston Villa after 11 months as manager of the West Midlands club.
14 May 2012
Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss plans for a regional political, economic and security union.
14 May 2012
Fifteen-year-old cellist Laura van der Heijden wins the BBC's Young Musician Of The Year prize.
14 May 2012
Further tickets are being put on sale for people who were unsuccessful in securing entry to see the London 2012 Olympics.
14 May 2012
The shadow education secretary says English schools should take lessons on teaching from Japan.
14 May 2012
Some £285 million of National Lottery money is to be put into the UK film industry as part of a five-year plan issued by the British Film Institute.
14 May 2012
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his US citizenship, just days ahead of the company's stock flotation.
14 May 2012
Ospreys fly-half Dan Biggar earns a Wales squad recall ahead of the June tour to Australia and clash against the Barbarians.
14 May 2012
A female relative of one of the nine men jailed for grooming girls for sex in Greater Manchester speaks of the impact on her family.
14 May 2012
Seven police officers are disciplined over their handling of an investigation into the death of a man in Lisburn nearly two years ago.
14 May 2012
At least 30 people - including 23 soldiers - die in clashes in the central Syrian town of Rastan, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
14 May 2012
A government review into the PIP breast implant scandal has found "serious lessons" must be learned.
14 May 2012
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton says eighth place at the Spanish Grand Prix was "damage limitation" and is confident his luck will change.
14 May 2012
Labour modernisers go in search of the 'new centre ground'
14 May 2012
President Lee Myung-bak is due in Burma - the first visit by a South Korean leader since a 1983 North Korean bomb attack in Rangoon that killed 21.
14 May 2012
Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat is honoured with a writing prize at this year's Bafta Craft Awards, one of three gongs presented to the BBC One drama.
14 May 2012
Paintings celebrate the fuller figure of some African women
14 May 2012
A fresh blow is dealt to Greek coalition talks with the moderate Democratic Left party confirming it will not join pro-bailout parties.
14 May 2012
Government plans to move care from acute hospitals to community settings are branded a "facade" by the Royal College of Nursing.
14 May 2012
A sixth child from the same family dies following a fire at their home in Derby.
14 May 2012
When Francois Hollande assumes the French presidency on Tuesday, his partner Valerie Trierweiller will become the first unmarried French First Lady to enter the Elysee Palace.
14 May 2012
Councils will borrow £60m to spend on road repairs this year under a 22-year commitment by the Welsh government.
14 May 2012
Former Wales and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain confirms he is resigning from the shadow cabinet to campaign for the building of a Severn barrage.
14 May 2012
Women in the US military will be able to serve with battalions close to the front lines of combat, although they will still not be able to serve in combat themselves.
14 May 2012
Police in Nepal say a plane carrying 21 people has crashed in the north of the country, with reports of a few survivors.
14 May 2012
Manchester City fans are celebrating winning the Premier League for the first time in 44 years, pipping local rivals Manchester United.
14 May 2012
Cardiff City's Malaysian owners are expected to arrive in the Welsh capital for a crucial board meeting following the row over proposals to change the team's colours.
14 May 2012
With mobile gaming becoming an increasingly lucrative sector, young entrepreneurs are focusing their attentions on this growing industry.
14 May 2012
Williams driver Pastor Maldonado believes he may be able to mount a title challenge after scoring his maiden victory in Spain.
14 May 2012
A former carer at a Belfast residential home says the regulatory body, the RQIA, must carry out inspections more rigorously.
14 May 2012
David Sillito meets the cast of Snow White and the Huntsman and learned how they were shrunk to fit the part.
14 May 2012
Tens of thousands of Manchester City fans are expected to line the streets for a parade celebrating the Premier League title win.
14 May 2012
The founder of US-based anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, is arrested in Germany and faces extradition to Costa Rica, the group says.
14 May 2012
Two children remain in hospital after a boating accident on the River Avon which claimed the lives of their father and brother.
14 May 2012
There is a risk of prison disturbances and compensation claims because of delays assessing offenders for release, the former head of the Parole Board warns the government.
14 May 2012
A leading human rights organisation urges Nato to investigate fully the deaths of at least 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year.
14 May 2012
Planned changes to disability benefits will go ahead, the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith insists, saying that reform is needed.
14 May 2012
Schools which find the best ways to spend the pupil premium could win £10,000, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to announce.
14 May 2012
Campaigners are warning that diabetes care in England is in "crisis" - with less than half of people with the condition getting the basic care they need.
14 May 2012
Just one in five Britons is eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, a poll for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) suggests.
14 May 2012
The criminal case against Tony Chan, the fengshui master accused of forging the will of Nina Wang, once Asia's richest woman, begins in Hong Kong.
14 May 2012
Health services in the community are reaching breaking point in the UK, the Royal College of Nursing is claiming.
14 May 2012
A minimum price for alcohol of 50p per unit is expected to be announced by the Scottish government later.
14 May 2012
A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army has urged fellow rebel fighters to give themselves up and end the war in Uganda after his capture on Saturday.
14 May 2012
A Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific and watched two companions die sues the owners of a cruise ship that sailed past.
14 May 2012
Up to 525,000 Scouts across the UK are set to take part in their first week of community volunteering since "bob-a-job" week ended 20 years ago.
14 May 2012
The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea, three of Asia's biggest economies, agree to begin talks this year for a free-trade agreement.
14 May 2012
Singer Ren Harvieu set for the big time a year after freak accident
14 May 2012
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is expected to announce that the Ministry of Defence has balanced its budget for the first time in about a decade.
14 May 2012
The far-left Syriza party will not attend a final round of coalition talks, reports say, raising the prospect of fresh elections and more political turmoil.
13 May 2012
More than £60,000 has been spent draining and repairing police vehicles in Scotland in the past five years after the wrong type of fuel was put in them.
13 May 2012
Members of a Scottish teaching union are to begin industrial action over changes to their pensions.
13 May 2012
Blackadder star Tony Robinson coaches Chiltern Railways staff to deliver new "comedy" announcements.
13 May 2012
Key UN climate talks are set to open in Germany, with Europe struggling to maintain its position as a global leader.
13 May 2012
A man is charged with the attempted murder of a woman and her 19-month-old child after an incident in Eastleigh.
13 May 2012
The campaign site Change.org is localising its service to help publicise UK-based campaigns.
13 May 2012
Hundreds of protesters marking a year of the "indignados" movement in Spain return to a central Madrid square, hours after police disperse them.
13 May 2012
Great Britain international speedway rider Lee Richardson dies following a crash at a race in Poland.
13 May 2012
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas says she will not be seeking re-election when her second term ends in September.
13 May 2012
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has stepped down, the company confirms, amid accusations a fake computer science degree was included on his CV.
13 May 2012
QPR midfielder Joey Barton is facing a lengthy ban for his red card and subsequent actions in the 3-2 defeat by Manchester City.
13 May 2012
Mexican authorities find 49 mutilated bodies dumped on a roadside near Monterrey - the latest massacre blamed on a feud between drugs gangs.
13 May 2012
The mutilated bodies of at least 49 people have been found in Mexico, stuffed into plastic bags and dumped on a highway near the northern city of Monterrey.
13 May 2012
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says his side deserve their Premier League title after a 3-2 win over QPR.
13 May 2012
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson congratulates Manchester City on pipping them to the Premier League title.
13 May 2012
Bolton boss Owen Coyle believes a poor start to the season and a number of bad decisions from officials cost his side their Premier League place.
13 May 2012
Rock band Keane go straight to number one with their fifth album, Strangeland, giving them an unbroken run of chart-toppers.
13 May 2012
Superhero movie The Avengers becomes the first film in Hollywood history to make more than $100m in its second week.
13 May 2012
Four Williams mechanics injured in a fire in the team garage in the wake of their first Formula 1 victory in eight years.
13 May 2012
The violent rise and collapse of an underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean is captured in startling clarity for the first time.
13 May 2012
A 37-year-old man is treated for gunshot wounds to his lower back and thigh following an attack in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
13 May 2012
The authorities in Georgia have declared a state of emergency and sent troops into the capital, Tbilisi, after severe flooding.
13 May 2012
Danny Graham scores his 100th career goal to secure victory for Swansea over Liverpool to end their debut Premier League season on a high.
13 May 2012
Manchester United miss out on the Premier League title despite victory at Sunderland after arch-rivals Manchester City beat QPR.
13 May 2012
Manchester City score two injury-time goals to see off 10-man QPR and win the Premier League title in dramatic style.
13 May 2012
Bolton's 11-year stay in the Premier League comes to an end after being held to a draw at Stoke.
13 May 2012
Vulnerable young girls in Northern Ireland are being sexually exploited in the same way as those in a recent case in Rochdale, a charity has said.
13 May 2012
Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado clinches his debut victory and Williams's first in eight years after overcoming Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
13 May 2012
Ugandan says it has captured a senior commander in the notorious rebel Lord's Resistance Army group, in the Central African Republic.
13 May 2012
Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado clinches his debut victory and Williams's first in eight years after overcoming Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
13 May 2012
JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon says he was 'dead wrong' in April to dismiss concerns over the bank's trading strategy.
13 May 2012
Serena Williams is in top form to beat the world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 and win the Madrid Open.
13 May 2012
Germany's Wolfgang Schaeuble indicates interest in becoming chairman of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers.
13 May 2012
A prototype Leica camera from 1923 sets an auction record by selling for 2.16m euros in Vienna.
13 May 2012
The chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission says race cannot be ignored in the Rochdale grooming case.
13 May 2012
Senior Afghan peace negotiator Arsala Rahmani is shot dead in Kabul, dealing a blow to President Karzai's reconciliation efforts with the Taliban.
13 May 2012
Bangladeshi Islamist leader Ghulam Azam is charged by a special tribunal with alleged war crimes during the 1971 independence war with Pakistan.
13 May 2012
More helicopter flights are grounded after the ditching of a Super Puma in the North Sea on Thursday.
13 May 2012
Policies such as free prescriptions should be assessed and then dropped if they are found not to boost prosperity in Wales, a business expert says.
13 May 2012
The rollercoaster battle for the Premier League title between Manchester City and Manchester United reaches a climax later.
13 May 2012
A river bursts its banks in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, flooding parts of the city and leaving at least five people dead and dozens injured.
13 May 2012
US sitcom Two and a Half Men will return for a tenth season, a year after Ashton Kutcher took over from Charlie Sheen.
13 May 2012
Two people are killed in sectarian clashes in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, as tensions in neighbouring Syria spill over the border.
13 May 2012
Two UK servicemen have been shot dead in southern Afghanistan by members of the Afghan national police force, the Ministry of Defence says.
13 May 2012
Police are appealing for witnesses to two fatal road accidents which claimed the lives of two young men.
13 May 2012
More than £10.5m worth of proceeds of crime has been recovered in the past year in Scotland.
13 May 2012
Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow is included in the 13-man England squad to face West Indies in the first Test at Lord's.
13 May 2012
A few days ago, the athlete who will carry the torch on its first leg in Cornwall was named.
13 May 2012
Mecca Bingo owner Rank buys 23 casinos from Gala Coral for £205m in a deal that will make it the biggest UK casino operator.
13 May 2012
Bass guitarist Donald "Duck" Dunn, who played on hits including Respect, Soul Man and Green Onions, dies in Japan, hours after playing two concerts in Tokyo.
13 May 2012
There is no "specific" terror threat to the London Olympics following last week's major security exercise, the defence secretary tells BBC News.
13 May 2012
The 13-year-old brother of five children who died in a house fire in Derby remains in a critical condition in hospital, say police.
13 May 2012
Former Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green agrees a deal to buy Scottish Premier League club Rangers.
13 May 2012
China cuts the amount banks have to hold in reserve in a bid to boost its slowing economy.
13 May 2012
Two men arretsed in Strabane who were being questioned about dissident republican activity are released unconditionally.
13 May 2012
The Welsh Baccalaureate qualification may be detrimental to students' performance at university, according to new research.
13 May 2012
Visitors to one of Vienna's newest cafes have more than just other customers to beat to a good seat, as the venue is a home from home for five shelter cats.
13 May 2012
Once widespread in England and Wales, the turtle dove is now in serious decline, with only nine birds for every 100 there were in the 70s.
13 May 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives face a tough test in a key state election, opinion polls suggest, with austerity policies a major issue.
13 May 2012
Greece's president is due to meet leaders of the three main political parties, whose inability to form a government is raising tension across the eurozone.
13 May 2012
Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on bosses to stop "complaining" about the state of the economy and work harder.
13 May 2012
Nine cyclists are injured in a collision during a race in Wolverhampton, with injuries including broken bones and spinal problems.
13 May 2012
Eleven people are arrested as Occupy protesters pitch tents outside the Bank of England on a day of demonstrations in London.
13 May 2012
The government needs to tackle a "failing food system" by linking its policies on health, environment and education, MPs say.
13 May 2012
People who missed out on London 2012 Olympic tickets are being offered another chance to go to the Games in a further online sale.
13 May 2012
The best way to label the nutritional content of our food is to be considered in a UK-wide consultation launched by the government.
13 May 2012
World War II veterans who served on Arctic convoys should be given a dedicated campaign medal, Scottish government minister Keith Brown says.
13 May 2012
The Scottish first minister is to travel to Norway this week in a bid to forge closer links over green energy.
13 May 2012
Patients are being treated in corridors and left for hours on trolleys due in part to a reduction in hospital beds, the Royal College of Nursing claims.
13 May 2012
What German nudity tells us about gender politics
13 May 2012
Why Will Self wants to bring back military service
13 May 2012
People across Pakistan have begun to protest in the streets as they continue to be affected by power cuts of up to 18 hours a day.
13 May 2012
Two Turkish journalists taken hostage in Syria in early March and detained for two months are on their way home, following a release mediated by Iran.
13 May 2012
Two men die as a microlight plane crashes near the summit of Ben More in Stirlingshire.
13 May 2012
A study by US researchers highlights a link between the loss of biologically rich areas and a decline in linguistic and cultural diversity.
12 May 2012
Seven sailors are missing after an Argentine ship and a Paraguayan vessel collide on the River Parana.
12 May 2012
A man and three children are recovered from the River Avon in Warwickshire after a family boating accident, with two children in hospital.
12 May 2012
Would it be cheaper to put train passengers in cabs?
12 May 2012
In Havana, a British man and his Cuban wife have just opened the Caribbean island's first curry house.
12 May 2012
Thousands gather in Spanish cities to mark the first anniversary of the "Indignants" movement, formed in reaction to the economic crisis.
12 May 2012
Ashleigh and Pudsey win Britain's Got Talent to perform at Royal Variety Performance.
12 May 2012
Manchester City will book their place in the club's history by clinching the Premier League title on Sunday, says Pablo Zabaleta.
12 May 2012
Yemeni military officials say at least 10 al-Qaeda militants have been killed in two aerial attacks thought to be by US drones in the south of the country.
12 May 2012
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Spain, demonstrating against deep cuts to public spending.
12 May 2012
Nigerian police say they have arrested a senior commander of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the troubled northern city of Kano.
12 May 2012
Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney restates his opposition to same-sex marriage, days after President Obama backed it.
12 May 2012
Days after President Obama expressed his support for same sex unions, his likely challenger, Mitt Romney, has said marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
12 May 2012
Hundreds of fans from Istanbul football club Fenerbahce clash with Turkish police and occupy the pitch after losing a title decider to Galatasaray.
12 May 2012
Roger Federer will face Tomas Berdych in the Madrid Open final knowing a win will take him to second in the rankings.
12 May 2012
A man and a woman arrested after five children were killed in a house fire in Derby are released without charge.
12 May 2012
Teenage fly-half George Ford guides Leicester to an eighth successive Premiership final and ends Saracens' reign as champions.
12 May 2012
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is stripped of pole position in Spain and will start from the back of the grid.
12 May 2012
Britain's Mhairi Spence wins gold and Samantha Murray bronze for Great Britain at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships to book their Olympic places.
12 May 2012
Harlequins book a place in their first Premiership final with a narrow win over Northampton in a tight play-off semi-final at The Stoop.
12 May 2012
A fine solo try from Brett Finch helps book Wigan a place in the Challenge Cup semi-finals with victory over St Helens.
12 May 2012
A video from a shadowy Islamist group, al-Nusra, says it carried out bomb attacks in the Syrian capital Damascus which killed 55 on Thursday.
12 May 2012
US bank JPMorgan Chase faces stiff criticism from politicians after admitting a $2bn loss that led to a nosedive in its share price.
12 May 2012
French left-winger Jean-Luc Melenchon says he will run for the same seat as far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the forthcoming parliamentary election.
12 May 2012
An 18-year-old man dies following a two-vehicle crash on the Beach Esplanade in Aberdeen.
12 May 2012
A second sexual grooming case is investigated in Rochdale after nine men are jailed for running a child sex ring in the town.
12 May 2012
A man is in intensive care, in a stable condition, after a car hit a smoking shelter outside a pub in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.
12 May 2012
The emergency services are preparing to search the scene of a house fire in Inverness where a woman is thought to be missing.
12 May 2012
European central bankers openly express views on the possibility of Greece leaving the eurozone as the country struggles to form a government.
12 May 2012
Following the death of Vidal Sassoon this week, the director who made a film about the hair stylist shares his memories with the BBC.
12 May 2012
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton secures his third pole of the season in Spain ahead of the Williams of Pastor Maldonado
12 May 2012
Women's European Gymnastics, live coverage of the apparatus finals from Brussels.
12 May 2012
China denies reports its military forces are preparing for war amid tensions over a disputed territory in the South China Sea.
12 May 2012
The first group of South Sudanese from among thousands stranded for months in a camp in Sudan is on its way to the south.
12 May 2012
The day after Rebekah Brooks gave evidence at the Leveson Inquiry a former employee has described a culture of fear at the News of the World in which reporters routinely fabricated stories while she was deputy editor.
12 May 2012
From the end of WWII until the end of the Cold War, a British military train ran daily from West Germany through East Germany to West Berlin.
12 May 2012
Two men are remanded in custody after being charged with murdering Carrickfergus businessman Simon Tang in June 1996.
12 May 2012
A portrait of Queen Victoria that went missing from the walls of a civic hall has turned up, after being left on the doorstep of the new mayor.
12 May 2012
Two men held after suspicious items were found in a garage in Cheltenham are to be questioned over terrorism offences.
12 May 2012
Owners of disused buildings in north Wales are being warned to make their premises secure after two suspicious fires in the past couple of days.
12 May 2012
Author Jeanette Winterson is to become a professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester.
12 May 2012
A baby girl is in hospital after her father and uncle allegedly tried to bury her alive.
12 May 2012
A crossword compiler has been questioned by intelligence officials in Venezuela.
12 May 2012
Blood stocks in Wales recover after an appeal led to an influx of donors but the Welsh Blood Service is urging people to continue giving.
12 May 2012
A motorcyclist dies after his vehicle collided with a car at Woodland Park in Lisburn.
12 May 2012
One Newport County fan has been waiting longer than most to see his team play at Wembley - almost 90 years.
12 May 2012
An Indian appeals court overturns the conviction of a US teenager who had been accused of murdering his mother at an resort in 2010.
12 May 2012
A free city-wide counselling service for individuals from vulnerable groups is set up by a university to help students' learning and the local community.
12 May 2012
England seamer James Anderson says the team can be the greatest-ever England side as they prepare to host West Indies at Lord's.
12 May 2012
Manchester United defender Patrice Evra believes his side will overhaul Manchester City and clinch a 20th title on Sunday.
12 May 2012
A jury in Chicago finds the former brother-in-law of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson guilty of murdering three members of her family.
12 May 2012
Sandwich in Kent celebrates the 250th anniversary of the food item said to be named after the Earl who ordered roast beef served in bread.
12 May 2012
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns from Cuba, saying his radiotherapy treatment for cancer is over and has been successful.
12 May 2012
Police are continuing to question a man and a woman on suspicion of murdering five children who died in a house fire in Derby.
12 May 2012
A man is arrested in Rome on suspicion of murdering a man found in a burning car near Southampton.
12 May 2012
Greece's president faces the task of trying to forge parties into an emergency government, after days of political wrangling and deepening economic fears.
12 May 2012
Labour renews calls for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to resign after suggestions he sought "private advice" from News Corporation over phone hacking.
12 May 2012
A woman is charged with two counts of murder after the deaths of her two children in Wandsworth, south-west London.
12 May 2012
The Royal Navy pilots learning to fly state-of-the-art US fighter jets
12 May 2012
Police make a new appeal over a man they want to question about an arson attack which killed eight family members 10 years ago.
12 May 2012
Two people are arrested in the US and charged with trying to extort money from the singer Stevie Wonder.
12 May 2012
Germany's Pirate Party sets sail for a role in national politics
12 May 2012
How did a book snubbed by critics become a touchstone for millions?
11 May 2012
US car designer Carroll Shelby, who gave his name to the famous Shelby Cobra sports car, dies in a Texas hospital aged 89.
11 May 2012
Royal Navy pilot Lieutenant Daniel Latham, likely to be one of the first British pilots to fly a Joint Strike Fighter, tells the BBC what it is like flying an F-18 Super Hornet for the US Navy.
11 May 2012
A Chilean man is charged with murdering leading Japanese astronomer Koichiro Morita during a robbery in Santiago this week.
11 May 2012
World number one Rory McIlroy struggles to a second round 76 and misses the cut at the Players Championship in Florida.
11 May 2012
Air Accident investigators are due to begin examining the helicopter which ditched in the North Sea off Aberdeen earlier this week.
11 May 2012
Saudi King Abdullah sacks conservative adviser, Sheikh Abdelmohsen al-Obeikan, a staunch critic of relaxing gender segregation.
11 May 2012
A motorcyclist in his 20s dies following a car accident in Lisburn on Friday evening.
11 May 2012
Two men are charged with the murder of businessman Simon Tang in June 1996.
11 May 2012
The US partially resumes sales of weapons to Bahrain, but says it is excluding equipment that can be used to suppress protests.
11 May 2012
Is it wise to go to Greece this summer?
11 May 2012
An 81-year-old woman is said to be "doing well" in hospital after a suspected gas explosion that completely destroyed her home in Cheltenham.
11 May 2012
Eivind Rindal told the BBC how he desperately tried to escape Anders Breivik's shooting spree on the Norwegian island of Utoeya in a rowing boat, only to be shot at as he fled.
11 May 2012
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew says he may be unable to keep his best players if the Magpies receive big-money offers.
11 May 2012
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend a gala performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, to celebrate Great Britain's Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
11 May 2012
A former Los Angeles detective is jailed for murdering her ex-lover's wife, 26 years after the crime, snared by a DNA from a bite mark on her victim.
11 May 2012
A large blast has hit the Syrian city of Aleppo, opposition sources say, hours after the authorities said they had foiled a major car bomb attack.
11 May 2012
Finance firm Ticketus formally launches legal action against Craig Whyte over £27m owed to it by Rangers.
11 May 2012
England Lions captain James Taylor's hundred puts his side in control on day two against West Indies at Northampton.
11 May 2012
Greek socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos abandons the latest effort to form a governing coalition, bringing closer the prospect of fresh elections.
11 May 2012
A Venezuelan crossword writer is questioned by intelligence agents after being accused of hiding a coded assassination message in a puzzle.
11 May 2012
Ratko Mladic's defence lawyers say the presiding judge at his war crimes tribunal trial is 'biased' and should be replaced.
11 May 2012
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed a device which can be used as a "sonic weapon" will be deployed in London during the Olympics.
11 May 2012
World indoor champion Justin Gatlin starts the outdoor season in style, winning the 100m at Doha's Diamond League meeting in 9.87 seconds.
11 May 2012
Sudan's bombing of territory in South Sudan despite a UN resolution demanding an end to hostilities is an outrage, says the UN's human rights chief.
11 May 2012
Two men are found guilty of murder after shooting dead a stranger following a row in a McDonald's queue.
11 May 2012
Newcastle's Alan Pardew named Premier League manager of the season with the club in fifth place and targeting Champions League qualification.
11 May 2012
A former security guard arrested in the US over a £1m bank theft in Suffolk in 1993 is expected to be deported back to the UK.
11 May 2012
Shares in JPMorgan Chase, the biggest US bank, dive 9% after it reveals a surprise trading loss of $2bn (£1.2bn) on complex investments.
11 May 2012
Lewis Hamilton says his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button is favourite to take pole in Spain
11 May 2012
QPR manager Mark Hughes says survival rather than revenge is his motivation as he faces former club Man City on Sunday.
11 May 2012
Lithuania's president visits the jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who is in hospital in eastern Ukraine.
11 May 2012
The Director of Public Prosecution Service insists that a case against Marian Price and three others will proceed despite a judge's dismissal of the charges.
11 May 2012
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sought "private advice" over phone hacking, an email sent to ex-News International boss Rebekah Brooks by the firm's PR chief suggests.
11 May 2012
There is no correlation between FTSE 100 bosses' pay and the performance of the companies they run, a report reveals.
11 May 2012
A World War II RAF fighter, which crash-landed in a remote part of the Egyptian desert in 1942, has been discovered almost intact.
11 May 2012
Scotland Yard calls in the police watchdog to review fresh allegations of corruption in the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry.
11 May 2012
Heavy fighting breaks out in eastern DR Congo as a deadline expires for army mutineers loyal to the warlord known as the 'Terminator' to surrender.
11 May 2012
Spanish police investigate the death of a man thought to be from south Wales whose body was found floating in a marina near his yacht.
11 May 2012
A man acquitted of murdering a vicar who he claimed abused him is found guilty of killing a supermarket worker he had sex with.
11 May 2012
A 44-year-old Hawaiian surfer breaks the world record for riding the biggest wave ever thought to have been ridden.
11 May 2012
A funeral with full military honours is held for a soldier who died after an improvised bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan.
11 May 2012
David Cameron signed off some text messages to Rebekah Brooks with the acronym LOL until she told him it meant 'laugh out loud', she tells the Leveson Inquiry.
11 May 2012
The United Nations adopts global guidelines to protect local communities when rich countries buy up land in developing nations.
11 May 2012
A strike by fuel tanker drivers is averted after drivers vote to accept a peace deal, the Unite union announces.
11 May 2012
Syria foils an attempted suicide car bomb attack in the northern city of Aleppo, state TV says, a day after massive blasts in the capital Damascus.
11 May 2012
Cars and stars on show ahead of the Silverstone Classic
11 May 2012
Six senior monks in South Korea have offered to step down after a colleague leaked a video of them allegedly holding a private gambling session.
11 May 2012
The group in pole position to buy Rangers is fronted by former Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green.
11 May 2012
US President Obama is applauded by Hollywood donors over his support for gay marriage, at a record-breaking fundraiser hosted by George Clooney.
11 May 2012
Should Facebook founder wear hooded top to meetings?
11 May 2012
Turner Prize winner Mark Leckey, designer Peter Saville and comic Harry Hill donated artworks to help save a gallery after it lost regular Arts Council funding.
11 May 2012
A nine-year-old girl's blog showing photos of her school dinners - NeverSeconds - has become an unexpected internet hit.
11 May 2012
The coalition's crackdown on civil service pay is making it difficult to recruit "talented" staff, says government adviser and former BP chief Lord Browne.
11 May 2012
Man jailed for laundering £2.4m of Northern Bank robbery cash has his conviction quashed on appeal.
11 May 2012
Some Facebook users are getting the chance to pay a small fee to make some posts 'more visible' on the social network.
11 May 2012
Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who escaped house arrest and hid in the US embassy, says there is no progress on his passport application.
11 May 2012
RFU operations director Rob Andrew admits that Stuart Lancaster's England team have a "tough six months" ahead of them.
11 May 2012
The trial of the Norwegian mass killer, Anders Bering Breivik, has been disrupted by an outburst from a relative of one of his victims.
11 May 2012
The Vesta asteroid is the only remaining example of the original objects that came together to form the rocky planets like Earth, say scientists.
11 May 2012
Crows recognise and respond to familiar human voices and the calls of other bird species, according to researchers.
11 May 2012
Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, has been giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics.
11 May 2012
Proceedings are interrupted in the trial of Norway's mass killer as a victim's brother throws a shoe and shouts at Anders Behring Breivik.
11 May 2012
A man who blinded his girlfriend by gouging her eyes in an attack at her home in Cornwall is jailed for life.
11 May 2012
A year on from the attack by her boyfriend that left her blind, eye-gouging victim Tina Nash talks to Jon Kay about how she has rebuilt her life.
11 May 2012
The European Commission's spring forecasts predict that the eurozone economy will contract by 0.3% in 2012, but grow by 1% next year.
11 May 2012
Around 900,000 tickets for the London 2012 Olympics, including events such as the men's 100m final, go on sale - initially to 20,000 unsuccessful bidders.
11 May 2012
Plaid Cymru secures the leadership of Ceredigion council for the first time at the head of a coalition, a week after poor election results.
11 May 2012
Glentoran football club directors confirms that prominent player Leon Knight has been placed on investigatory suspension.
11 May 2012
Efforts to recover the helicopter which ditched in the North Sea are under way.
11 May 2012
Parts of England are no longer in drought following heavy rain in recent weeks, the Environment Agency said.
11 May 2012
A woman in her 20s is arrested on suspicion of murder after five children die in a house fire in Derby.
11 May 2012
A man has jumped from a moving car to rescue his four-year-old daughter, who fell from the same car at a busy crossroad in Wenzhou city.
11 May 2012
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, says that rising wholesale gas costs will make supplying energy more expensive this year.
11 May 2012
Greek socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos meets other party heads in a bid to form a government and deal with the debt crisis.
11 May 2012
PM David Cameron sent Rebekah Brooks a "keep your head up" message when she quit as chief executive of News International, she tells the Leveson Inquiry.
11 May 2012
America's top military officer condemns a training course taught at a US military college that advocated a "total war" against Muslims.
11 May 2012
Trafford councillors approve a hotel scheme by former Man Utd star Gary Neville despite the club's objections.
11 May 2012
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is hoping "something stupid" happens to Manchester City to gift his team the title.
11 May 2012
Three friends set a world record for completing the longest ever journey by taxi.
11 May 2012
A Nato soldier in eastern Afghanistan has been shot dead by a man in an Afghan army uniform, officials say.
11 May 2012
The Orbit - the spiralling red steel tower that looms over London's Olympic Stadium - is being unveiled on Friday.
11 May 2012
Fernando Alonso sets the pace from Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull in first practice for Spanish Grand Prix.
11 May 2012
JPMorgan Chase, the biggest US bank, reveals a surprise trading loss of $2bn (£1.2bn) on complex investments made by its traders.
11 May 2012
A report from a committee of MPs says they fear the system for checking on school spending is not robust enough.
11 May 2012
The undercover agent who infiltrated al-Qaeda and foiled an "underwear bomb" plot was a British man of Middle Eastern origin, US reports say.
11 May 2012
How cards for Easter, divorce and pregnancy took off
11 May 2012
A Greek-owned oil tanker has been hijacked by suspected Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea near Oman, the ship's operator says.
11 May 2012
A driver sacked by a racehorse owner for feeding a piece of leftover lamb to a Labrador wins a claim for unfair dismissal.
11 May 2012
The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) calls on the Nigerian government to do more to deal with a deadly outbreak of lead poisoning.
11 May 2012
Manchester United and England defender Chris Smalling will miss Euro 2012 after picking up a groin injury.
11 May 2012
Fears over Britons being trained for jihad in Somalia
11 May 2012
The National Audit Office says the government's flagship Regional Jobs Fund must offer better value for taxpayers' money.
11 May 2012
One in five new cars in Britain fails its first MoT test according to research from motoring website.
11 May 2012
The hit BBC show is awarded an honorary prize for its global appeal, at the Rose d'Or festival in Switzerland.
11 May 2012
Several hundred protesters wave flags and placards at the Chinese embassy in the Philippine capital over a month-long maritime stand-off with China.
11 May 2012
A unionist MLA claims thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money is being wasted by delays in the redevelopment of a former RIR barracks.
11 May 2012
The Spanish government is expected to announce plans to clean up its banking system after its weekly cabinet meeting on Friday.
11 May 2012
George Clooney hosted a record breaking fundraising dinner for Barack Obama at his Los Angeles mansion.
11 May 2012
Children as young as 11 are to be targeted in a major new drive costing more than £850,000 to encourage them to stop smoking.
11 May 2012
Leaders of the global science community have issued joint statements to world leaders meeting at the G8 summit later this month in the US.
11 May 2012
A Haitian man who says he was raped by five Uruguayan peacekeepers in Haiti appears before a Uruguayan judge investigating the case.
11 May 2012
Babies born after labour is induced have less risk of dying but a higher risk of admission to a special-care unit, a study has found.
11 May 2012
The author of a report on higher education has questioned whether UK universities can remain world leaders without more funding.
11 May 2012
Council leaders in England condemn new adoption scorecards being introduced in England in an effort to speed up the adoption process.
11 May 2012
The anti-wrinkle drug Botox could soon be offered to patients with chronic migraines by the NHS in England and Wales, according to the medicines watchdog.
11 May 2012
A panel of US health experts recommends formal approval of Truvada, a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people.
11 May 2012
Are we ready for real-life beaming?
11 May 2012
The UN Security Council condemns bomb attacks which killed at least 55 people near an intelligence complex in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
10 May 2012
Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond's spiralling sculpture in the heart of the Olympic Park is being unveiled on Friday.
10 May 2012
Major UK-based firms cut secret deals with authorities in Luxembourg to avoid paying millions in corporate tax in Britain, a BBC Panorama investigation finds.
10 May 2012
The celebrated Associated Press combat photographer Horst Faas, known for his decade of work during the Vietnam War, dies at 79.
10 May 2012
Microsoft is revamping its Bing search engine to include advice from Facebook and other social media platforms.
10 May 2012
The BBC has been given an exclusive demonstration of how the technology of robot avatar 'beaming' works, allowing a kind of 'physical' interaction at a distance.
10 May 2012
Americans consume 80% of opiate pain-killers produced in the world, according to congressional testimony by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
10 May 2012
Peru's interior and defence ministers resign in the face of criticism over a failed operation against Shining Path rebels.
10 May 2012
Fernando Verdasco inflicts Rafael Nadal's first defeat of the clay-court season to dump the world number two out of Madrid Masters.
10 May 2012
The Netherlands' Pirate Party is banned from telling users how to bypass blocks to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site.
10 May 2012
The US Department of Justice sues an Arizona sheriff accused of racially profiling Latinos, among other alleged civil rights violations.
10 May 2012
Archaeologists report a striking find in Guatemala of the first Mayan art on a wall, as well as the oldest known Mayan calendar.
10 May 2012
Rangers administrators say Craig Whyte has agreed to transfer his majority shareholding to two parties involved in takeover talks.
10 May 2012
Fourteen people have been rescued from a helicopter that ditched in the North Sea.
10 May 2012
Barcelona defend Lionel Messi after the Argentina forward is accused of repeatedly calling Royston Drenthe "negro".
10 May 2012
Guinea police fire tear gas to disperse protesters angry at the government's handling of overdue parliamentary elections.
10 May 2012
McLaren team-mates Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton join a chorus of drivers calling for clarity on overtaking rules.
10 May 2012
A 37-year-old woman is arrested on suspicion of wasting police time, after reports of a baby falling from a ferry turned out not to be true.
10 May 2012
All government departments will use the royal crest in future in an effort to improve online services, the Cabinet Office has confirmed.
10 May 2012
A 90-year-old British expat's campaign for permission to vote in UK elections moves on a step as he prepares a submission for UN.
10 May 2012
A teenager is arrested in Newcastle over alleged involvement with hacking group Team Poison.
10 May 2012
Home Secretary Theresa May denies planning to allow the police and intelligence agencies to monitor internet use in real-time.
10 May 2012
Egyptian poll front-runners Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and Amr Moussa are to face each other in the country's first live election TV debate
10 May 2012
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of the historic first page of the historic Ulster Covenant signed by Sir Edward Carson at Belfast City Hall.
10 May 2012
Queen guitarist Brian May reveals that Freddie Mercury will "appear" on stage during a special performance of West End musical We Will Rock You.
10 May 2012
The software company Kainos is to create 60 new jobs in Londonderry as part of a £10m investment.
10 May 2012
US President Barack Obama is praised and condemned over his backing for gay marriage, as his campaign attacks Republican Mitt Romney on the issue.
10 May 2012
The rating system used to warn parents about unsuitable content in video games is to be simplified, the government says
10 May 2012
Cardiff City drops plans to change their blue shirts to red, say the club's Malaysian owners.
10 May 2012
Shareholders in newspaper group Trinity Mirror and Britain's biggest operator of car dealerships, Pendragon, rebel against the company's executive pay awards.
10 May 2012
Ofsted chief hits out at teachers who complain about stress levels and make excuses for poor performance.
10 May 2012
Dereck Chisora's manager Frank Warren says that more than 20,000 tickets have been sold for his fighter's meeting with David Haye.
10 May 2012
The parents of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, the only US soldier held by the Taliban, go public with their frustration over the US negotiations for his release.
10 May 2012
Terrorist charges are dismissed against four prominent republicans, including Marian Price, over an Easter commemoration parade in Londonderry.
10 May 2012
Luxury clothing brand Aquascutum is sold for £15m to a subsidiary of YGM Trading, which already owns the rights to the brand in Asia.
10 May 2012
Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are taking part in a 24-hour UK-wide strike in a dispute with the government over pension changes.
10 May 2012
Tom Chambers says he felt honoured that Fred Astaire's daughter was in the audience for the West End opening of the musical Top Hat.
10 May 2012
Four secondary school pupils are taken to hospital after a coach and two minibuses were involved in a crash on the A55 in Conwy.
10 May 2012
Survivors of Anders Behring Breivik's shootings in Norway relive the horrors of last year's massacre as they testify at his trial in Oslo.
10 May 2012
Alex Salmond says any attempt to drop the names of historic Scottish army regiments shows "arrogance".
10 May 2012
Police no longer believe that a baby had fallen from a ferry into Belfast Lough, as a massive search and rescue operation is called off.
10 May 2012
Olympic flame lit during ceremony in Greece
10 May 2012
A British man accused of links to Somalia's Islamist militants goes on trial in Kenya for allegedly plotting a bomb attack.
10 May 2012
Prince Charles presents a special weather forecast during a visit to BBC Scotland's headquarters in Glasgow.
10 May 2012
Prince Charles has a go at reading the weather during a tour of BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay headquarters.
10 May 2012
Joyce Redman, an Irish actress who received an Oscar nomination for starring alongside Laurence Olivier in Othello, has died aged 96.
10 May 2012
Regulations to significantly reduce the cost of using a mobile phone abroad have been passed by the European Parliament.
10 May 2012
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who fled house arrest and spent six days in the US embassy, says his family is under intensified pressure from the authorities.
10 May 2012
A gust of wind blew out the flame of the Olympic torch as it began its journey to the London 2012 Games.
10 May 2012
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced a change in the choice of fighter aircraft for the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers, arguing that that the move was part of an "affordable equipment programme".
10 May 2012
Passengers and crew from a helicopter which ditched in the North Sea are flown to hospital.
10 May 2012
A nursery worker admits sexually assaulting two toddlers enrolled at the child-care centre where he was employed.
10 May 2012
Celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 84. But how did he change the world of hair?
10 May 2012
Police investigate after footage of what could be illegal horse racing on a main road is uploaded to the internet.
10 May 2012
Danny Care is recalled by England for the South Africa tour but coach Stuart Lancaster says the player is "treading a fine line".
10 May 2012
The European Parliament delays approval of three major EU agency budgets because of concerns about their managers.
10 May 2012
South Africa's opposition says controversial crime intelligence chief Richard Mdluli should be suspended, amid allegations of political interference.
10 May 2012
The International Committee of the Red Cross suspends humanitarian activities in two of Pakistan's largest cities, Peshawar and Karachi.
10 May 2012
Flipboard - a popular news magazine for mobile devices - expects the number of downloads of its app in China to soon surpass those in the United States.
10 May 2012
The health secretary defends the decision not to publish the risk assessment of the NHS overhaul as Labour's Andy Burnham accuses the government of a "cover-up".
10 May 2012
Two babies are found dead at a house in south-west London, prompting the arrest of a woman.
10 May 2012
The Bank of England continues to hold UK interest rates at 0.5% and is not extending its programme to boost the economy by buying government bonds.
10 May 2012
The result of a Glasgow council ward could be in doubt after it emerged that a ballot box was not counted.
10 May 2012
Education secretary Michael Gove attacks an English culture which says poverty seals poor children's destiny.
10 May 2012
Yaya Toure tells BBC Sport he wants to help Manchester City become the biggest club in the world.
10 May 2012
An abattoir and a meat producer in Gwynedd ceases trading, with fears for 35 jobs, after going into administration with combined debts of almost £650,000.
10 May 2012
A Conservative MP writes to his local newspaper to apologise for the "incompetence" of the UK government.
10 May 2012
A Metropolitan Police officer is suspended from duty after allegations he made a racist comment in front of his colleagues.
10 May 2012
Two views, conservative and liberal, on same-sex marriage
10 May 2012
There are similarities between politicians and comedians with the public speaking and anti-social hours, but does humour have a place in the world of Westminster?
10 May 2012
Facebook announces App Center, a specialised store offering mobile apps, as it admits growing mobile use could hurt its revenues.
10 May 2012
A total of 9,600 homes were repossessed in the UK in the first three months of the year - the same as a year earlier, lenders say.
10 May 2012
Chile passes a hate crimes law that languished in Congress for seven years but gained added urgency after the fatal beating of a gay man in March.
10 May 2012
Greater Manchester's chief constable says more arrests are likely in connection with a child sexual grooming ring in Heywood.
10 May 2012
Polls open in Algeria for parliamentary elections billed by the authorities as historically transparent but analysts say voter apathy is widespread.
10 May 2012
The Beastie Boys have returned to the US album charts following the death of band member Adam Yauch last week.
10 May 2012
The Argentine Senate passes a law that gives terminally ill patients the right to refuse treatment.
10 May 2012
UK manufacturing output bounced back in March, figures show, but overall industrial output fell due to a drop in oil and gas production.
10 May 2012
A nine-year-old boy from Los Angeles has created a cardboard arcade, complete with miniature football and even ticket dispensers.
10 May 2012
The industrial team that aims to make an astronaut launcher by marrying parts of the shuttle and the Ariane rocket says it intends to fly crew from 2015.
10 May 2012
A work by Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein sells for a record $45 million at a New York auction that also sees an Andy Warhol portrait of Elvis Presley go under the hammer.
10 May 2012
Reindeer herders feeling cramped in an area the size of England
10 May 2012
Porcelain sunflower seeds created by the artist Ai Weiwei have been sold at Sotheby's in New York.
10 May 2012
As he prepares to return to rugby, Dean Richards looks back on the scandal that cost him three years of his professional career
10 May 2012
British-born celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 84.
10 May 2012
A drinking culture among assembly members is denied by the Presiding Officer, after a Labour politician apologises for behaviour at a five-star hotel in the early hours of the morning.
10 May 2012
Detectives say the death of a woman whose body was found at a disused factory in Glasgow is being treated as suspicious.
10 May 2012
The BBC learns that the Western Health trust is to carry out a formal review of the treatment and care of a baby who died from pseudomonas.
10 May 2012
Two explosions hit the Syrian capital, Damascus, amid continuing unrest in the country and heavy shelling in Homs.
10 May 2012
China's export and import growth slows in April, raising fresh fears about a sharp slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.
10 May 2012
More than 2,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union are striking over public sector pensions.
10 May 2012
Scientists have flown through the heart of a turbulent weather system in a bid to understand the causes of heavy rainfall.
10 May 2012
A Birmingham-based composer who was left needing a wheelchair wins his negligence case against a West Midlands hospital.
10 May 2012
Indonesian officials say a helicopter has spotted what is thought to be wreckage of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that disappeared carrying about 50 people.
10 May 2012
Pasok leader Evangelos Venizelos leads a third attempt to form a coalition government in Greece after attempts by centre-right and far-left groups fail.
10 May 2012
Most travel agencies in China are suspending tours to the Philippines amid tension over a stand-off in the South China Sea, Chinese state media says.
10 May 2012
The Queen's favourite breed of dog - the corgi - has seen a boost in popularity in her Diamond Jubilee year, according to the Kennel Club.
10 May 2012
Hang-gliding safety is being reviewed following the death of a 16-year-old girl on her first day of solo flying.
10 May 2012
Andy Coulson, the prime minister's former communications chief, is set to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics on Thursday.
10 May 2012
The popularity of songs streamed on services like Spotify will be measured in a new weekly top 100, compiled by the Official Chart Company.
10 May 2012
Sir Terry Pratchett and Sue Townsend are among the authors who have been shortlisted for an award celebrating the best comic fiction.
10 May 2012
Long queues at Heathrow have been caused by a lack of staff to cope with periods of peak demand and job cuts, inspectors say.
10 May 2012
The UK's health system needs "radical change" to cope with the rising number of people with chronic conditions, especially in deprived areas, says a report by medical experts.
10 May 2012
Up to 400,000 public-sector workers are expected to join a 24-hour strike in a dispute with the government over proposed changes to their pensions.
10 May 2012
A UN special envoy calls for a halt to the use of firearms on human rights activists in Cambodia after a string of violent incidents.
10 May 2012
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China gets the nod to take over a US bank, the first such US approval for a Chinese firm.
10 May 2012
Conservationists launch what they call an urgent mission to save the turtle dove from extinction in the UK.
10 May 2012
Plans for a new national police force in Scotland are to be endorsed by MSPs, but amid a warning the move could be hindered by civilian job cuts.
10 May 2012
Scotland's councils spend almost £40,000 every minute and must do more to make sure they deliver value for money, the spending watchdog says.
10 May 2012
Police in Honduras search for journalist Alfredo Villatoro. who was kidnapped only days after another journalist was found dead.
10 May 2012
The Olympic flame is to be lit in a ceremony in Olympia, Greece ahead of the start of the torch relay and the London 2012 Games.
10 May 2012
Lunchtime dance craze catches on among Swedish workers
09 May 2012
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage warns that some EU countries face "mass civil unrest, possibly even revolution" as a result of austerity caused by the euro crisis.
09 May 2012
Is it time for Germany to once again publish Mein Kampf?
09 May 2012
British-born celebrity hair stylist Vidal Sassoon - who revolutionised haircuts in the 1960s - has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 84, police say.
09 May 2012
Scientists using X-ray imaging find out some of the secrets of the world's oldest 'computer' - the Antikythera Mechanism.
09 May 2012
Nik Wallenda, an acrobat set to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls this summer, drew gasps after stumbling during walk 100 feet (30m) above Baltimore's Inner Harbour.
09 May 2012
The UK has only one entry competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year with Ken Loach's The Angels' Share.
09 May 2012
A search for a child believed to have fallen from a ferry in Belfast is called off, after a woman is earlier rescued from the lough.
09 May 2012
Idle home computers are being sought to raise cash for charities and contribute to a series of science projects.
09 May 2012
Notorious violent nineties video game Carmageddon is attempting a comeback with the help of a Kickstarter project.
09 May 2012
Silicon Valley's way of attracting new staff
09 May 2012
One of Europe's main contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope - an instrument that will help identify the first stars to shine in the Universe - is built and ready to ship to the US.
09 May 2012
The BBC's Lyse Doucet has travelled with UN observers to the devastated city of Homs, which has been at the centre of the heaviest fighting since the uprising began in Syria 14 months ago.
09 May 2012
Police in western Mexico try to identify the remains of 15 people found dismembered and dumped in two cars in western Jalisco state.
09 May 2012
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation reports a jump in quarterly profits, boosted by its cable networks and its Hollywood film unit.
09 May 2012
Italian sports car maker Ferrari apologises after one of its cars drives on top of an ancient Chinese monument, ahead of a celebratory event, causing damage.
09 May 2012
Blackpool survive a late Birmingham rally to set up a Championship play-off final showdown against West Ham at Wembley.
09 May 2012
Atletico Madrid clinch the Europa League as Radamel Falcao scores twice in a comfortable victory over fellow Spaniards Athletic Bilbao.
09 May 2012
The eurozone's rescue fund holds back 1bn euros ($1.3bn; £800m) of its latest instalment of its bailout to Greece.
09 May 2012
Barack Obama becomes the first US president to back gay marriage, speaking out on the politically charged issue in a TV interview.
09 May 2012
Troubled Spanish lender Bankia is to be partly nationalised, the central bank confirms.
09 May 2012
Greece's far-left leader abandons efforts to form a government based on rejecting the EU bailout deal, after talks with mainstream parties fail.
09 May 2012
Barack Obama becomes the first US president to back gay marriage, as he speaks out on the politically charged issue in an interview with ABC News.
09 May 2012
A massive arms cache is uncovered in DR Congo on the farm of renegade soldier Bosco Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", the army tells the BBC.
09 May 2012
A Texas convict won about 40% of voters in West Virginia's democratic primary, potentially taking a few delegates from President Barack Obama.
09 May 2012
A 30-year-old man is charged with the murder of a pregnant 26-year-old mother in Rochdale.
09 May 2012
Survivors of the massacre carried out by Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik on the island of Utoeya last July have been giving their accounts in court.
09 May 2012
South Sudan's information minister accuses Khartoum of bombing within its territory, in violation of a UN Security Council resolution to end hostilities.
09 May 2012
It may be possible to "shield" the body from the damaging effects of chemotherapy by using stem cells, according to early results from a US trial.
09 May 2012
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng says he is waiting for the authorities to issue his passport, so he can leave to study in the US.
09 May 2012
British boxing chiefs condemn the proposed fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora and threaten to remove the licence of anyone involved.
09 May 2012
The government has changed its mind over the type of fighter planes it is ordering for the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers, the BBC learns.
09 May 2012
Director Michael Apted says it was a "horrible error" not to choose more female subjects when making the original selection for the 7 Up documentary.
09 May 2012
Ile De Re beats stablemate Overturn to win the Chester Cup, after Wayne Rooney's colt Pippy finishes last earlier in the day.
09 May 2012
The exams watchdog expresses concern over the rising cost of exam fees, with 18,000 different qualifications now on offer.
09 May 2012
Commissioners appointed to run Anglesey council will be replaced by a senior management team after concluding there are "no longer any serious risks".
09 May 2012
A paralysed woman has completed the London marathon with the aid of a robotic walking suit. But how does it work?
09 May 2012
A claim by the English National Opera's artistic director that screenings of live performances in cinemas do not boost audiences is queried by representatives from other arts organisations.
09 May 2012
The Israeli parliament approves a coalition deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and the Kadima party of Shaul Mofaz.
09 May 2012
Opposition leader Ed Miliband has dismissed the government's legislative programme as offering "no hope" to people suffering as a consequence of the "recession made in Downing Street".
09 May 2012
Thirteen firefighters are detained in France in connection with the alleged rape of a new recruit during an initiation ceremony, officials say.
09 May 2012
Major exhibitions featuring the works of artists including Roy Lichtenstein, LS Lowry and Marc Chagall are among the highlights of the 2013 programme at Tate Galleries.
09 May 2012
A man who was seriously injured in Borneo is to be flown back to the UK after the Sultan of Brunei offered to pay £120,000 for his transport.
09 May 2012
BBC Scotland has learned that finance firm Ticketus is soon to lodge a legal claim against Craig Whyte for £27m.
09 May 2012
Unions, politicians and pressure groups have responded to the government's plans for the year ahead.
09 May 2012
Ferrari is a brand that probably does not need much publicity but it is attracting headlines of the wrong kind after one of its cars was shown driving on top of an ancient Chinese monument.
09 May 2012
BBC reporter ventures inside Syria's protest city, Homs
09 May 2012
The woman credited with giving Francois Hollande a new image
09 May 2012
Chelsea interim manager Roberto di Matteo defends club captain John Terry amid accusations of a drop in form.
09 May 2012
The Spectator magazine is to be prosecuted for breaching a court order over an article written during the Stephen Lawrence trial.
09 May 2012
Ed Miliband says the Queen's Speech offers "no hope" to the unemployed, working people and those being squeezed by rising living costs.
09 May 2012
An official report says a member of the Welsh assembly brought the institution into disrepute after a late-night drunken row at a five-star hotel.
09 May 2012
Two teenagers are arrested in Norway following an attack on Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency.
09 May 2012
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso says there is not enough mutual on-track respect between Formula 1 racers.
09 May 2012
A tourist bus crashes over a cliff in southern Taiwan, injuring 13 South Korean tourists.
09 May 2012
Witnesses of the massacre carried out by Anders Breivik on the Norwegian island of Utoeya are testifying at his trial for the first time.
09 May 2012
An explosion hits a Syrian military truck which was escorting UN observers to the city of Deraa, injuring a number of soldiers.
09 May 2012
The voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler was hacked after she went missing in 2002, police tell the Leveson Inquiry.
09 May 2012
Sudan is blocking aid to Blue Nile state, in the hands of SPLM-North rebels, putting the lives of the civilian population at risk, rebels tell the BBC.
09 May 2012
A Russian Sukhoi Superjet passenger plane with 46 people aboard has gone missing on a demonstration flight in Indonesia, reports say.
09 May 2012
Plans for more flexible parental leave, speedier adoptions and a radical shake-up of support for children with special educational needs are announced in the Queen's Speech.
09 May 2012
Rangers administrator Duff & Phelps insists new bidders can secure the club's future by the end of this week.
09 May 2012
The brother of a disabled girl who died after an alleged sexual assault tells a court he never sexually interfered with her.
09 May 2012
Roy Hodgson will name his England squad for Euro 2012 on 16 May, three days after the end of the Premier League season.
09 May 2012
Marvel Avengers Assemble fends off a challenge from comedy sequel American Pie: Reunion to remain the top film at the UK and Ireland box office.
09 May 2012
Blackburn sack deputy chief executive Paul Hunt after it emerges he called for manager Steve Kean's dismissal in December.
09 May 2012
An augmented reality device shows how two users could share objects on a tabletop while based at different locations.
09 May 2012
The Queen travels to the Palace of Westminster to set out the government's agenda for the next Parliamentary year in the Queen's Speech.
09 May 2012
A simple drawing test may help predict the risk of older men dying after a first stroke, a study in the journal BMJ Open suggests.
09 May 2012
Human bones are found by a dog walker on a disused railway line on Merseyside.
09 May 2012
South Africa confiscates assets worth nearly $7m (£4m) from three suspected rhino poachers - two of whom are vets, police say.
09 May 2012
The Japanese government is to take a controlling stake in Tokyo Electric Power in return for a 1 trillion yen ($12.5bn; £7.8bn) taxpayer bailout.
09 May 2012
Spain's Carles Puyol says he expects to miss Euro 2012 because he requires arthroscopic surgery on a knee injury.
09 May 2012
More than 100 ex-employees of Dresdner Kleinwort bank win their fight to claim unpaid bonuses from current owner Commerzbank.
09 May 2012
New measures designed to boost economic growth have been outlined in the Queen's Speech, including cutting regulation on businesses.
09 May 2012
Plans to make it easier for the police and security services to monitor e-mails and telephone are unveiled but with promises of "strict safeguards".
09 May 2012
A draft bill on overhauling care and support for elderly and disabled people in England has been announced in the Queen's Speech.
09 May 2012
How will Nato remove more than 100,000 troops and their hardware from Afghanistan?
09 May 2012
Four more people are arrested by police investigating the alleged naming of a rape victim on social media sites after the conviction of Wales and Sheffield United footballer Ched Evans.
09 May 2012
The UK Border Agency - recently branded "not fit for purpose" - paid £3.5m in performance-related bonuses to staff in one year, the BBC learns.
09 May 2012
Twitter objects to a US court order ordering it to hand over old messages posted by a Occupy Wall Street protester.
09 May 2012
The US adds two sons of Mexico's most wanted man Joaquin Guzman to its drugs kingpin blacklist, saying they play key roles in his Sinaloa cartel.
09 May 2012
Some hospital services in Wales are in danger of "collapse" unless radical changes are made, a report for the NHS Confederation warns.
09 May 2012
An American expert in violent self-defence has been stopped from entering the UK after the Home Office said his presence was against the "public good".
09 May 2012
Former England, Chelsea and Manchester United Player Ray Wilkins is charged with drink-driving in Surrey.
09 May 2012
Trouble retailer Clinton Cards warns that it expects its largest supplier to begin steps to place it into administration later on Wednesday.
09 May 2012
The smallest mammoth ever known to have existed roamed the island of Crete millions of years ago, researchers say.
09 May 2012
A man is found in his car at Derriford Hospital two days after it is believed he died, police say.
09 May 2012
Actor John Travolta faces fresh allegations of sexual assault after a second male masseur joined the $2 million (£1.23m) legal action against him.
09 May 2012
A British man accused of links to Somalia's Islamist extremists appears in court at his trial for allegedly plotting a bomb attack in Kenya.
09 May 2012
Two men are arrested in Carrickfergus and are being questioned about the murder of businessman Simon Tang in June 1996.
09 May 2012
More than 1000 young athletes are taking part in the 2012 School Games in London
09 May 2012
The government is expected to use the Queen's Speech to push ahead with House of Lords reform, despite opposition from many Conservative MPs.
09 May 2012
A nursing home in west Belfast, run by the St John of God Association, is to be de-registered.
09 May 2012
A reward is offered for information about an attack that left a 94-year-old woman in a critical condition in hospital.
09 May 2012
Nine men found guilty of being part of a child sexual exploitation ring in Greater Manchester are to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court.
09 May 2012
A proposed project to build a £210m 'Green Port' factory in Hull will be considered by council planners later.
09 May 2012
Supermarket group Sainsbury's reports an increase in sales and market share but a small dip in profits in what it describes as a "good year".
09 May 2012
A new campaign is launched to highlight the dangers of walking across railway tracks, which claims about 50 lives a year in the UK.
09 May 2012
The leader of Greece's radical left Syriza bloc, which rejects the EU/IMF bailout, is to meet the main pro-bailout parties on Wednesday.
09 May 2012
Ukraine's jailed opposition leader and former PM Yulia Tymoshenko arrives at hospital to be treated by a German doctor, reports say.
09 May 2012
The government has been accused of "wasting precious time" with school building plans, by the Shadow Education secretary Stephen Twigg.
09 May 2012
A fire sweeps through a department store in the southern Philippines, killing 17 employees who were sleeping in the shop.
09 May 2012
Golf's Irish Open at Royal Portrush still has not managed to attract a principal sponsor from the private sector for the tournament.
09 May 2012
An Indian-owned call centre firm suggests a "misunderstanding" for an announcement by the first minister of hundreds of jobs coming to Cardiff.
09 May 2012
One man dies and another person is injured after an incident in Newmains in North Lanarkshire on Tuesday night.
09 May 2012
Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was in fact a double agent.
09 May 2012
The government is to consult on whether music DVDs should have age ratings, to protect children from over-sexualised images.
09 May 2012
A protest by a section of Air India pilots enters its second day with more international flights cancelled from Delhi and Mumbai, reports say.
09 May 2012
More than 20 Italian football teams and dozens of players are to be told they are under investigation as part of an inquiry into match-fixing.
09 May 2012
Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib denounces gunmen who attacked his offices in the capital Tripoli as "outlaws".
09 May 2012
Cases of osteoarthritis look set to double to over 17 million by 2030, according to experts.
09 May 2012
Songwriters are being invited to create a "national anthem" for the UK's most popular cheese, Cheddar, in a national competition organised by industry bosses.
09 May 2012
The artwork Orange, red, yellow by Mark Rothko achieves the highest ever price for a piece of contemporary art at auction - $86.9m (£53.8m).
09 May 2012
Olympic gold medal hopeful Dai Greene is leading a Network Rail campaign aimed at young people who risk their lives by crossing train tracks.
09 May 2012
Naomi Grimley has been to meet the Speaker for a tour of his official rooms inside the Palace of Westminster.
09 May 2012
The quantity of small plastic fragments floating in the North Pacific Ocean has increased a hundred fold over the past 40 years.
09 May 2012
The Scottish Law Commission calls for new rules which would recognise someone who possess an item for many years as the legal owner.
09 May 2012
Air ambulance helicopters in Scotland are to resume flying on Wednesday, after having been grounded in a safety alert.
09 May 2012
Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was in fact a double agent.
09 May 2012
Older obese men with testosterone deficiency could shift excess weight by taking supplements, suggests a study announced at the European Congress on Obesity.
09 May 2012
One in six cancers - two million a year globally - are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates suggest.
08 May 2012
Conductor Claudio Abbado and pianist Maurizio Pollini were among the winners at this year's Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Awards.
08 May 2012
Top judges at the European Court of Human Rights are due meet to decide whether cleric Abu Qatada can appeal against deportation from the UK.
08 May 2012
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has told the Security Council the violence in Syria remains at unacceptable levels.
08 May 2012
Why is an outdated word for mentally ill so offensive?
08 May 2012
The owner of O2 and Movistar launches an app capable of making calls over the internet like rivals such as Skype.
08 May 2012
UK retail sales were damaged by the wettest April since records began, the British Retail Consortium says.
08 May 2012
The unusual sight of humpback whales intervening in a killer whale hunt has been caught on camera by a BBC/National Geographic film crew.
08 May 2012
Jamaica's main political parties are examining a claim that a fraudster donated millions of dollars to their coffers in 2007.
08 May 2012
Tottenham footballer Louis Saha tells Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman that the UK has less racial issues than France, and that the premier league is a "paradise" for players from ethnic minorities.
08 May 2012
Portugal adds to its austerity measures with the decision to suspend four of its 14 public holidays for five years.
08 May 2012
Boss Kenny Dalglish says it has been "not a bad" first full season back at Liverpool after victory over Chelsea.
08 May 2012
Blackburn deputy chief executive Paul Hunt wanted boss Steve Kean sacked in December, according to a leaked letter.
08 May 2012
Air ambulances are given permission to fly again from Wednesday, after half of the UK's fleet of 32 helicopters were grounded over safety fears.
08 May 2012
Re-balloted fuel tanker drivers at one company have voted against strikes but in favour of other forms of industrial action.
08 May 2012
Human rights row hits Eurovision host Azerbaijan
08 May 2012
Walt Disney's quarterly profits beat analyst expectations, which offset losses at its film studio due to the epic flop John Carter.
08 May 2012
The Oblivion ride at Alton Towers is briefly closed after a man entered a prohibited area and needed rescuing.
08 May 2012
Liverpool avenge Saturday's FA Cup final defeat with an emphatic win that end's Chelsea's hopes of a top-four Premier League finish.
08 May 2012
Colombian officials dismiss demands made by Farc rebels believed to be holding a French journalist in exchange for his release.
08 May 2012
A tornado has been reported in parts of Oxfordshire during a storm which caused damage to trees and roof tiles.
08 May 2012
A 27-year-old man who had a sudden cardiac arrest while jogging in London's Hyde Park says he was saved by the actions of actor Dustin Hoffman.
08 May 2012
Residents of North Carolina are voting on a proposed constitutional ban on gay unions that would make it the 29th US state to limit gay marriage rights.
08 May 2012
Kofi Annan tells the UN Security Council that his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria.
08 May 2012
Virgin Media takes its website offline after an attack by hacktivists angered by The Pirate Bay access ban.
08 May 2012
Teachers at Birmingham primary schools are being balloted for strike action over plans for them to become academies, a union announces.
08 May 2012
Half of the UK's helicopter air ambulance fleet is grounded over fears about potential cracks in the aircraft's rotor hub.
08 May 2012
A man who emailed a death threat to MP Louise Mensch telling her she had to choose which of her children lived has his sentencing delayed.
08 May 2012
Two of Wales' three air ambulances and a helicopter used by two police forces are grounded over concerns about possible cracks in the rotor blades of the helicopter model.
08 May 2012
Wladimir Klitschko believes the heavyweight clash between David Haye and Dereck Chisora will be a "freak show under freak rules".
08 May 2012
Brendan Boland, one of the victims of paedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth, says his healing and that of other victims cannot begin while Cardinal Sean Brady remains as Catholic Primate of all-Ireland.
08 May 2012
Nine men are convicted of being part of a child sex exploitation ring which plied victims with drink and passed them around for sex.
08 May 2012
Paralysed woman on finishing London marathon after 16 days
08 May 2012
Hull City sack manager Nick Barmby after less than six months in charge following comments made to the media.
08 May 2012
Scotland's two air ambulance helicopters have been grounded amid safety fears over the Eurocopter aircraft.
08 May 2012
The pay of bosses at the UK's largest publicly listed companies rose 11% this year, research shows, as more shareholders revolt over executive pay.
08 May 2012
Ukraine's jailed opposition leader and former PM Yulia Tymoshenko is to call off her 19-day hunger strike, her daughter says.
08 May 2012
European and US shares fall on Tuesday as investors worry about Greece's ability to form a new government.
08 May 2012
A farming company prosecuted under corporate manslaughter is fined a record £187,500 plus £13,000 costs, over the death of an employee.
08 May 2012
A Palestinian who has been on hunger strike for 71 days in protest at his detention by the Israeli authorities is transferred to a civilian hospital.
08 May 2012
A Church of England priest and an organist are charged with sexually abusing two young boys in the late 1980s.
08 May 2012
Bill Miller abandons his offer to buy Rangers, blaming fan opposition and over-optimistic financial information.
08 May 2012
The UK premiere of Philip Glass opera Einstein on the Beach is reviewed favourably by critics, despite a first night dogged by technical problems.
08 May 2012
The risk assessment of the NHS overhaul in England will not be published after ministers vetoed requests to release it.
08 May 2012
A bomb plot by a Yemen-based al-Qaeda group involving an updated "underwear bomb" was foiled by insider infiltrating a terror cell, US officials say.
08 May 2012
The BBC's Chris Buckler joined a raid carried out on an address that police believe was used to 'groom' underage girls for sex.
08 May 2012
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is given a passport for the first time in 24 years.
08 May 2012
Six-term Republican Senator Richard Lugar faces a serious primary challenge in Indiana's, with a Tea Party-backed challenger leading many polls.
08 May 2012
South Korea has stepped up customs inspections to stop capsules filled with powdered human flesh being smuggled into the country from China.
08 May 2012
Light bulbs meant to last for more than two decades while consuming very little energy may go on sale later this year.
08 May 2012
Insurance firm Aviva announces chief executive Andrew Moss will be leaving days after the firm lost a shareholder revolt over executive pay.
08 May 2012
MI6 staff may have their DNA screened as police reinvestigate the death of spy Gareth Williams, Met Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe confirms.
08 May 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says in a letter to newly elected French President Francois Hollande, the "necessary decisions" must be taken to resolve the debt crisis.
08 May 2012
The chairman of the Environment Agency, Lord Smith, backs the expansion of the controversial "fracking" method of extracting natural gas from shale rock.
08 May 2012
The office of Libya's interim prime minister, Abdurrahim al-Keib, is attacked by gunmen believed to be ex-rebels, in the capital, Tripoli.
08 May 2012
Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children's book Where the Wild Things Are, dies aged 83.
08 May 2012
The scientific maverick James Lovelock says climate catastrophe is not so certain as he previously suggested.
08 May 2012
A murder trial hears how a Chinese take-away delivery driver was punched, kicked and stamped to death by two men.
08 May 2012
A paralysed woman has become the first person to complete a marathon in a "bionic" suit.
08 May 2012
The daughter of a 94-year-old Birmingham woman who was attacked in her bed said her mother "screamed for help" but no-one came.
08 May 2012
A court in Bahrain adjourns for two weeks the retrial of 21 activists and opposition figures accused of plotting to overthrow the state.
08 May 2012
A woman accused of killing Belfast man Christopher Mackin in March was "impersonated" to put in her in the frame, a court hears.
08 May 2012
Frank Warren has told BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast that David Haye and Derek Chisora will fight at Upton Park in July.
08 May 2012
Leading bureaux de change are selling euros at a rate of 1.20 to the pound for the first time in three and a half years.
08 May 2012
Two 1960s petrol station canopies in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire are given listed status by English Heritage.
08 May 2012
Some 900,000 tickets for this summer's London Olympics are going back on sale, starting on Friday for people who were unsuccessful in both ballots.
08 May 2012
South Africa must investigate Zimbabwean officials over allegations they tortured opposition figures in 2007, a Pretoria high court rules.
08 May 2012
The use of a photograph of Madeleine McCann to advertise holidays on a website is described as "vile" by the travel firm.
08 May 2012
The highest-generating onshore wind farm in England and Wales is given the go-ahead for development in south Wales.
08 May 2012
Chinese authorities announce that artist Ai Weiwei will be allowed to challenge a huge fine for alleged tax evasion.
08 May 2012
A paralysed woman completes the London Marathon in a "bionic" suit - 16 days after starting the race.
08 May 2012
David Haye and Dereck Chisora will fight at Upton Park on 14 July in a bout sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation.
08 May 2012
Experts in the United States have been analysing a sophisticated new al-Qaeda bomb to see if it could have slipped past airport security.
08 May 2012
A mother who subjected her two youngest children to five years of cruelty, including forcing them into unpaid work and locking them in freezing bedrooms, is jailed.
08 May 2012
Former Blackburn striker Kevin Gallacher fears the club will lose a number of key players following relegation to the Championship.
08 May 2012
Unions and parents accuse councils of undermining standards in nurseries by employing fewer teachers and more nursery nurses.
08 May 2012
Ukraine postpones a regional summit amid a boycott over Kiev's treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
08 May 2012
Honduran journalist and gay rights campaigner Erick Martinez is found dead two days after being reported missing, officials say.
08 May 2012
Rangers' administrators deny turning down or dragging their heels over police requests for information about Craig Whyte's takeover.
08 May 2012
What's set to be in government's plans for the next year - bill-by-bill
08 May 2012
Mort Lindsey, the orchestra leader and composer celebrated in the US for his work with Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand, dies in California at the age of 89.
08 May 2012
The socialist president-elect, Francois Hollande, and his defeated rival, Nicolas Sarkozy, have taken part together in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the end of the WWII in Europe.
08 May 2012
A chicken is released on to the Ewood Park pitch during Blackburn's match against Wigan in protest at the club's owners Venky's.
08 May 2012
Electronic Arts reports that there has been about a 25% fall in subscribers to its Star Wars online video game.
08 May 2012
US singer Paul Simon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma are the recipients of this year's Polar Music Prize.
08 May 2012
High levels of dental fraud in England prove the system needs overhauling, ministers say.
08 May 2012
Driverless cars are set to hit the roads of Nevada as Google is granted the first US autonomous vehicle licence.
08 May 2012
A lack of exposure to a "natural environment" could be resulting in more urban dwellers developing allergies and asthma, research suggests.
08 May 2012
The family of a teenage girl who died at a Shropshire campsite from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning say they are "devastated".
08 May 2012
The government has run out of "excuses" for the "failure" of its economic policy, Labour leader Ed Miliband says.
08 May 2012
Centre-left and protest parties score well in Italy's local elections amid widespread discontent with the government's austerity drive.
08 May 2012
The Avengers superhero movie has smashed the record for the biggest US opening weekend, taking $200m (£123m), early figures show.
08 May 2012
Labour's defeated candidate for London mayor Ken Livingstone rules out returning front line politics as a member of the House of Lords.
08 May 2012
Australian project seeks insight into change impact
08 May 2012
Brazil's sports minister goes to Zurich to reassure Fifa officials that venues will be ready in time for the 2014 World Cup.
08 May 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls on Pakistan to do more to crack down on militancy, at the close of a two-day trip to India.
08 May 2012
BBC Sport chief F1 writer Andrew Benson and commentary legend Murray Walker look back on the career of Nelson Piquet.
08 May 2012
Mr Punch, the squawking red-nosed prince of slapstick, has reached his 350th anniversary.
08 May 2012
There must be no half-measures on the reform of social care in England, campaigners and council chiefs are warning.
08 May 2012
Former Northern Ireland U-21 footballer James McClean is subjected to sectarian abuse after being named in the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2012 squad.
08 May 2012
John Minnis from English Heritage, explains why two 1960s petrol station canopies are to be given listed building status.
08 May 2012
Failed US Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum announces support for his former rival Mitt Romney, in a late-night email to supporters.
08 May 2012
A tornado has been reported in parts of Oxfordshire during a storm which caused damage to trees and roof tiles on Monday.
08 May 2012
The number of empty school places needs to be cut to save money and improve standards in Wales, an education watchdog urges.
08 May 2012
Prince Harry has received the Atlantic Council's 2012 award for distinguished humanitarian leadership, for his charitable work with wounded armed service members.
08 May 2012
Amir Khan's rematch with Lamont Peterson is in doubt after the American tests positive for a banned substance.
08 May 2012
Salamworld, a social networking site with Islamic influences, is due to launch in July with the hope of challenging Facebook's supremacy.
08 May 2012
Al-Jazeera says it has been forced to close its English-language bureau in Beijing after China carries out a rare expulsion of a foreign journalist.
08 May 2012
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu strikes a surprise deal with the opposition Kadima party to form a new coalition, avoiding snap polls, media say.
08 May 2012
David Cameron and Nick Clegg will appear together later to stress their continuing commitment to the coalition and the programme they agreed in 2010.
08 May 2012
Greece's far-left will try to form an anti-austerity government, after parties backing an international bailout fail to assemble a coalition.
08 May 2012
Prince Harry has received the Atlantic Council's 2012 award for distinguished humanitarian leadership for his charitable work with wounded service members.
08 May 2012
The life of a pioneering computer conservationist is being commemorated with an award for the best computer restoration project.
08 May 2012
Albarn sings a preview of This is Under The Westway to Front Row's John Wilson and says it is not necessarily the last Blur song.
08 May 2012
An upgraded "underwear bomb" plot designed by al-Qaeda in Yemen to blow up a plane bound for the US is disrupted, US officials say.
08 May 2012
Prince Harry has paid tribute to wounded UK service personnel who took part in a tournament called Warrior Games, during a short trip to the US.
08 May 2012
An upgraded "underwear bomb" plot designed by al-Qaeda in Yemen to blow up a plane bound for the US is disrupted, US officials say.
08 May 2012
Three unions representing local government workers in Scotland call for an end to the two-year pay freeze.
08 May 2012
The Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster criticises the Scottish government's proposed question in the independence referendum.
08 May 2012
The west African state of Niger is now the worst place in the world to be a mother, a Save the Children annual report says.
08 May 2012
A baseball organist who takes requests
07 May 2012
Two police forces kept body parts and tissue samples in nearly 90 suspicious and unexplained death cases without notifying relatives, it emerges.
07 May 2012
Organisers of a presidential TV debate in Mexico say they are sorry after the skintight dress of a production assistant creates controversy.
07 May 2012
A tornado is reported in parts of Oxfordshire during a storm which causes damage to trees and roof tiles.
07 May 2012
So you want to make a big, big movie?
07 May 2012
UK companies remain confident despite the UK economy entering a double-dip recession, according to two new business surveys.
07 May 2012
More than 12,000 cash machines in the UK are set to allow charitable donations from this summer, the government announces.
07 May 2012
Blackburn are relegated to the Championship after losing at home to Wigan, whose Premier League status is secure for next season.
07 May 2012
Dunfermline are relegated from the Scottish Premier League as Hibernian win to ensure their own top flight survival.
07 May 2012
In Syria, parliamentary elections have been taking place, a sign that reform is happening according to the Assad government.
07 May 2012
Ronnie O'Sullivan produces a superb display to beat Ali Carter 18-11 and secure his fourth World Championship title at the Crucible.
07 May 2012
A man who is accused of leading one of the most influential drug gangs in Colombia hands himself in to US counter-narcotics agents in Aruba.
07 May 2012
As Greek voters punished the parties that backed EU austerity conditions, the new French President Francois Hollande has said one of his first acts will be to attempt to renegotiate the EU fiscal pact.
07 May 2012
A US jury finds Google breached copyright in a case brought by Oracle over Java programming language but cannot agree whether it constitutes "fair use".
07 May 2012
A shareholder seeking the dismissal of Yahoo's chief executive demands the internet firm hand over documents relating to his recruitment.
07 May 2012
People affected by the drug thalidomide urge the government to agree to a permanent financial settlement to help meet their rising healthcare costs.
07 May 2012
Bedouin free 10 Fijian members of an international peacekeeping force who were briefly detained in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security sources say.
07 May 2012
Three men fall to their deaths from Thailand's tallest building when a cable supporting their platform breaks, police say.
07 May 2012
West Ham seal their place in the Championship play-off final by completing an emphatic semi-final victory over Cardiff.
07 May 2012
Cardinal Sean Brady says he wants to personally apologise to a man who was abused as a 14-year-old boy by paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.
07 May 2012
A Swedish man is charged with a series of gun attacks which terrorised immigrants in the city of Malmo.
07 May 2012
Students in Quebec, Canada, are to vote on a new plan aimed at ending a 12-week strike prompted by proposal to raise university tuition fees.
07 May 2012
A murder investigation is under way in the US city of Louisville after the body of a Guatemalan man is found in a barn at the Kentucky Derby racetrack.
07 May 2012
Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni names Sunderland winger James McClean in his 23-man squad for Euro 2012.
07 May 2012
Britain's Mark Cavendish suffers a heavy fall during a sprint finish on the third stage of the Giro d'Italia.
07 May 2012
The value of Malawi's currency, the kwacha, is slashed, as the new government continues to try to improve relations with donors.
07 May 2012
Patrice Evra does not think it will be the "end of the empire" if Manchester United lose their Premier League crown to Manchester City.
07 May 2012
Malaysians seeking an inquiry into the 1948 killing of villagers by UK troops say their relatives were killed in a "cold-blooded mass murder".
07 May 2012
A Bournemouth councillor apologises and suspends herself from the Conservative Party after saying only the English Defence League "sticks up for the English".
07 May 2012
England and Sussex all-rounder Luke Wright fears he may have contracted dengue fever while on duty for Pune in the IPL.
07 May 2012
Evernote, the company behind the popular digital note-taking service, plans to tap the world's largest web community - China.
07 May 2012
Police are looking to establish the identity of human remains, found in a remote area near Crianlarich.
07 May 2012
Cricketer turned cage-fighter Adam Hollioake weighs up his options after a bruising debut left his wife feeling distressed.
07 May 2012
The head of an Italian nuclear energy company is shot and wounded by a gunman on a motorbike as he leaves his home in the northern city of Genoa.
07 May 2012
Losses grow at Euro Disney due to higher wage costs and spending on sprucing up Disneyland Paris ahead of its 20th anniversary.
07 May 2012
Drinkers arrested for anti-social behaviour in Plymouth get the chance to avoid prosecution by staying sober for a month.
07 May 2012
The brother of a teenage girl who died at a Shropshire campsite from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning is "stable but unwell".
07 May 2012
Britain's Got Talent beats The Voice in the latest ratings battle for the second week running.
07 May 2012
Giant dinosaurs could have warmed the planet with their flatulence, say scientists.
07 May 2012
Magnet-making bacteria may be building biological computers of the future, an international team of researchers says.
07 May 2012
An Olympic boat created using 1,200 pieces of donated wood, including Jimi Hendrix's guitar and a section of Brighton's West Pier, is launched in Hampshire.
07 May 2012
The team of the Principality of Sealand have played their first official football match
07 May 2012
The euro declines against the pound and the US dollar following weekend election results in Greece and France, which cast doubt on austerity plans.
07 May 2012
Vladimir Putin is officially sworn in as president of Russia after four years as prime minister, following a controversial poll in March.
07 May 2012
A 34-year-old man is charged with murdering a 37-year-old man from Liverpool found stabbed to death in a flat in Brighton.
07 May 2012
The DR Congo army says it has regained control of the entire eastern area of Masisi from rebels loyal to warlord Bosco "Terminator" Ntaganda, wanted by the ICC.
07 May 2012
New French President Francois Hollande vows to redraw a pact on EU budget constraints, saying "austerity can no longer be the only option".
07 May 2012
An organisation which represents more than 850 priests in Ireland will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss the future direction of the Catholic Church.
07 May 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron promises focus, delivery and hard work as he seeks to fight back following poor local election results last week.
07 May 2012
Blackburn manager Steve Kean says he did not expect the club to be fighting relegation at this stage of the season.
07 May 2012
About 20,000 people are taking part in Belfast's 31st marathon, which starts at City Hall at 09:00 BST.
07 May 2012
Charity The Fostering Network has warned that the UK needs an estimated 8,750 more foster carers to head off a foster care crisis. Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network, and Clare Marshall, who went through the foster care system, discuss the issue.
07 May 2012
South Korea is to increase customs inspections targeting capsules of powdered human flesh smuggled in from China and taken as medicine.
07 May 2012
Three regions in the west of France have got together to try to tempt more Britons to cross the Channel.
07 May 2012
Polling stations open in Syria - the first multiparty elections in five decades, says the government, but a sham according to the opposition.
07 May 2012
Drug-driving could become a specific offence, with a potential jail term and fine, under proposed laws to be set out in the Queen's Speech.
07 May 2012
Chelsea's Frank Lampard would love the club to offer Didier Drogba a new deal after he helped them win the FA Cup.
07 May 2012
Mexico's four presidential candidates square off in an ill-tempered TV debate ahead of July's election.
07 May 2012
New grants are offered to student teachers, with the Welsh government saying its priority is to encourage more to work in further education colleges.
07 May 2012
US hostage Warren Weinstein, kidnapped last August in Pakistan, makes a plea for his life in a video posted to Islamist sites, US monitoring group Site intelligence says.
07 May 2012
Blood donors are being urged to come forward by officials who say there are just four days worth of some supplies left in Wales.
07 May 2012
An economic forecasting group says unemployment in most parts of the UK will continue to rise over the next five years, despite recent falls.
07 May 2012
Rory McIlroy regains his world number one status despite losing a play-off to American Rickie Fowler at Quail Hollow.
07 May 2012
The US will grant dissident Chen Guangcheng a visa 'right away' once he applies and expects China to allow him to study in the US, says VP Joe Biden.
07 May 2012
Prince Harry will meet a team of British injured servicemen and women in Washington who have taken part in a Paralympic-style event called the Warrior Games.
07 May 2012
Engineers in California unleash high-intensity artificial earthquakes on a five-storey building packed with medical equipment
07 May 2012
After six years away, pop star returns with 'swagger in spades'
07 May 2012
A shoe box filled with images capturing life in India at least a century ago is found in one of Scotland's national collections.
07 May 2012
Public library services need to adjust and develop to "a changing world" in order to keep attracting visitors, a charity warns.
07 May 2012
Scotland's jobless rate is likely to outstrip that of the UK this year and then hit its highest level since 1993, a study suggests.
07 May 2012
The parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government lose regional elections in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
07 May 2012
Almost half of the courtrooms handling the most serious criminal cases in the capital will be closed down by the Olympics, according to official plans.
07 May 2012
Mexican youth orchestra fighting murderous violence
06 May 2012
Farc rebels claiming to hold French journalist Romeo Langlois say they will release him soon, in a statement believed to come from the group.
06 May 2012
A chemical found in curry is to be tested for its ability to kill bowel cancer tumours in patients.
06 May 2012
A man is charged with the manslaughter of a man who was killed as he tried to break up a late night fight in a Blackpool takeaway.
06 May 2012
The public should be vigilant about persistent coughs as they could be a sign of lung cancer, a new government advertising drive is warning.
06 May 2012
The corruption problem hurting the Russian economy
06 May 2012
It should be easier for people to build their own homes in England to help ease the housing crisis, says a report by a cross-party committee of MPs.
06 May 2012
Partial results in the Greek parliamentary election suggest the two main parties, which back tough austerity measures, have suffered serious losses.
06 May 2012
Socialist Francois Hollande is elected as France's president, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, in a vote that has wide implications for the eurozone.
06 May 2012
Protesters against Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin have clashed with police in the capital Moscow, ahead of Mr Putin's inauguration on Monday.
06 May 2012
Police find the body of eight-year-old boy Ian Bell who disappeared after falling into the River Wear in County Durham last month.
06 May 2012
The rivals for Serbia's presidency, liberal incumbent Boris Tadic and ex-nationalist Tomislav Nikolic, are heading for a run-off, exit polls suggest.
06 May 2012
An al-Qaeda leader in Yemen wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the American warship USS Cole, Fahd al-Quso, is killed in an air raid.
06 May 2012
The BBC's Katya Adler takes a look back at Nicolas Sarkozy's time as French president.
06 May 2012
UK Prime Minister David Cameron calls Francois Hollande to congratulate him on his victory in the French presidential election.
06 May 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants an early general election to take place in four months' time.
06 May 2012
Sir Alex Ferguson hopes QPR can help his side win the Premier League, as Roberto Mancini says the race is not over.
06 May 2012
X Factor judge Tulisa lands a number one single, while Marina and the Diamonds top the album chart.
06 May 2012
A teenage girl dies at a Shropshire campsite and her family is taken to hospital with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
06 May 2012
Paul Scholes and Ashley Young earn a win over Swansea but Manchester United fail to close Manchester City's goal difference advantage.
06 May 2012
The tantalising prospect of treating a range of brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, all with the same drug has been raised by UK researchers.
06 May 2012
A tornado has ripped through part of eastern Japan killing a teenage boy and injuring dozens of other people.
06 May 2012
Investors from Chinese, America and Middle East are the latest reported to be interested in a bid to build a new reactor on Anglesey.
06 May 2012
The NHS could save at least £84m a year by using a cheaper alternative to the licensed treatment for a leading cause of loss of sight, researchers suggest.
06 May 2012
Defence lawyers tell reporters the 9/11 hearing at Guantanamo Bay is unfair, and is protected by a 'veil of secrecy'.
06 May 2012
The Avengers superhero movie has trounced the record for the biggest ever US opening weekend, taking $200.3m (£123m) at the box office.
06 May 2012
Ronnie O'Sullivan opens a 10-7 lead over Ali Carter after the first day of the World Championship final at the Crucible.
06 May 2012
Protesters clash with police in Moscow ahead of the inauguration of Vladimir Putin for a third presidential term on Monday.
06 May 2012
A tax expert answers your questions on starting a business
06 May 2012
A "supermoon" has graced the skies, appearing bigger and brighter than usual, as it comes closer to the Earth - and is likely to bring higher tides.
06 May 2012
Substitute Djibril Cisse boosts QPR's Premier League survival hopes with a late winner against stubborn Stoke.
06 May 2012
The SNP and Labour have said they are prepared to form coalitions in some of the 23 hung councils in Scotland.
06 May 2012
Dozens of people are missing and feared to have died after flash floods in a mountain river in western Nepal, near Mount Annapurna.
06 May 2012
Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test (SPAG) to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer
06 May 2012
A man's body has been recovered from the River Bann during a search for a 21-year-old who went missing near Kilrea in County Londonderry on Saturday.
06 May 2012
At least 12 people are killed and scores more injured as explosions and a fire hit Thailand's largest petro-chemical complex.
06 May 2012
Manchester City move within touching distance of their first title for 44 years, as Yaya Toure scores twice to beat Newcastle.
06 May 2012
Tayside Police say they have arrested a 43-year-old man in connection with the murder of Dundee man John Kennedy.
06 May 2012
Casey Stoner holds off Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa to win in Portugal and take the lead in the MotoGP standings.
06 May 2012
Chaotic start to 9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay
06 May 2012
Islamist fighters said to be linked to al-Qaeda destroy the tomb of a Muslim saint in Mali's ancient town of Timbuktu, officials and locals say.
06 May 2012
Vince Cable says he feels "vindicated" at keeping executives at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp at "arm's length".
06 May 2012
Legoland in Berkshire is forced to close due to a power failure.
06 May 2012
A man is arrested on suspicion of murder following the stabbing of a 37-year-old man from Liverpool in a flat in Brighton.
06 May 2012
Former Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Lembit Opik urges Nick Clegg to stand down from the party's top job to focus on being deputy prime minister.
06 May 2012
David Beckham tops the Sunday Times list of the richest people in sport in the UK and Ireland.
06 May 2012
A tornado has ripped through part of eastern Japan killing a teenage boy and injuring dozens of other people.
06 May 2012
A house in Hallsands is evacuated after a large landslide prompts fears the property could fall into the sea.
06 May 2012
A Ben Stiller comedy is given a new title to avoid it being linked to the controversial shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida.
06 May 2012
A statue of football legend Sir Bobby Robson is about to be unveiled at the Newcastle United ground.
06 May 2012
Liverpool legend John Barnes says manager Kenny Dalglish should be given time to turn the club's fortunes around.
06 May 2012
Exeter City's director of football, the former Spurs captain Steve Perryman, is in intensive care after undergoing emergency heart surgery.
06 May 2012
A 23-year-old woman from Hertfordshire is killed in a fall from a hotel balcony at a holiday resort in Majorca.
06 May 2012
A team from the Royal Naval Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit remove a World War II mine from a beach near Arbroath.
06 May 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly backs microcredit pioneer Mohammed Yunus, urging Bangladesh not to undermine the Grameen Bank.
06 May 2012
Three men have been arrested by police investigating the disappearance of a man who went missing in the River Bann near Kilrea in County Londonderry on Saturday.
06 May 2012
The Department of Finance is refusing to pay for a new Sinn Fein special adviser who has replaced controversial adviser Mary McArdle at Stormont.
06 May 2012
The BBC gained rare access to a Somaliland prison to speak to convicted Somali pirates held there and heard a suprising defence for their notorious actions.
06 May 2012
A procession of more than 40 rally cars will drive through Aberystwyth in a bid to help the search for man missing for almost a month.
06 May 2012
The new Labour leader of Swansea council describes his key priority as "healing the divide" in the city as part of a "moral crusade".
06 May 2012
Armenians are going to the polls to elect a new parliament, in what is seen as a contest between the two main governing parties.
06 May 2012
Floyd Mayweather holds off Miguel Cotto to take the WBA super welterweight title on Saturday and maintain his undefeated record.
06 May 2012
Tim Minchin discusses the song he wrote about a journalist who gave him a bad review early in his career.
06 May 2012
The people of Greece, where the eurozone crisis first erupted, have begun voting in parliamentary elections.
06 May 2012
A fire in a karaoke bar in the South Korean city of Busan leaves nine people dead, including three Sri Lankans, according to police.
06 May 2012
Hundreds of zombies have taken over the streets of Prague for the annual zombie walk through the Czech capital.
06 May 2012
A "supermoon", bigger and brighter than usual, is seen in the night sky as it comes closer to the Earth - bringing with it the chance of higher tides.
06 May 2012
Head teachers accuse the chief inspector of schools in England of creating a "culture of fear", and say they will defend their profession.
06 May 2012
People in Mexico and the United States have been celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla.
06 May 2012
At least 14 people have been killed after a fire ripped through a drugs rehabilitation centre in the Peruvian capital, Lima.
06 May 2012
Police in western Nepal say a river has burst its banks, killing at least 13 people near Mount Annapurna, an area popular with tourists.
06 May 2012
Eight suspected ticket touts are arrested before the FA Cup final as part of a clampdown ahead of this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
06 May 2012
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says some of her colleagues could push for a confidence vote in Prime Minister David Cameron unless he changes policies.
06 May 2012
Does the Kentucky Derby still live up to its old reputation?
06 May 2012
Scientists in Peru hunt the cause of the mysterious deaths of hundreds of pelicans on the coast in the north of the country.
06 May 2012
Voters in Serbia are to go to the polls in what is expected to be a tight race between the two main political party coalitions.
06 May 2012
A so-called 'supermoon' is lighting up the sky in many parts of the world. It appears up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than at other times, because it's at its closest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit.
06 May 2012
Switzerland stages the inaugural international cow-fighting championship.
06 May 2012
Greeks prepare to vote in polls in which are expected to see mainstream parties punished at the expense of anti-austerity candidates.
06 May 2012
'Antipsychotics made me want to kill myself'
06 May 2012
Parents believe that they are more involved in their children's education than their own parents were, a survey suggests
06 May 2012
Chef Jamie Oliver and footballer Steven Gerrard issue a joint call for compulsory cooking classes in schools, in a bid to fight obesity.
06 May 2012
Chancellor George Osborne says he takes Thursday's local election results "on the chin" and pledges to "work even harder" on the economy.
06 May 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces a run-off against Francois Hollande, who hopes to be the first socialist to win the presidency since 1988.
06 May 2012
Scotland's transport minister asks re-elected London Mayor Boris Johnson to push for the high-speed rail link to come north.
06 May 2012
Police investigating the murder of Dundee man John Kennedy are stepping up their inquiries, one week after his death.
06 May 2012
There is one week left for people to take part in the Scottish government's consultation on the independence referendum.
05 May 2012
Brave recovery of Bangladeshi woman whose fingers were cut off
05 May 2012
In Greece, campaigning has finished ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections. The BBC's Matthew Price has been out to see how the austerity measures, introduced by the current caretaker administration, have shaped the election.
05 May 2012
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish says his players will learn from playing in two Wembley Cup finals this season.
05 May 2012
US President Barack Obama kicks off his re-election campaign for November's poll, with a rally in Ohio focusing on the economy.
05 May 2012
Up to 75,000 members of the public have visited the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, for the venue's official opening.
05 May 2012
As he prepares to meet Ali Carter in the World Championship final, Ronnie O'Sullivan says he is finally ready to quit snooker.
05 May 2012
Two soldiers killed when their base in Afghanistan came under enemy attack on Friday are named as Cpl Andrew Roberts and Pte Ratu Silibaravi.
05 May 2012
Roberto di Matteo is calm on his chances of becoming the permanent Chelsea boss after the 2-1 FA Cup final win over Liverpool.
05 May 2012
A holidaymaker dies in a 50m fall from cliffs in Cornwall in front of his wife and children.
05 May 2012
About 40 people are searching the River Bann near Kilrea in County Londonderry after reports that a man was seen jumping into the water.
05 May 2012
Chelsea win the FA Cup for the seventh time after goals by Ramires and Didier Drogba sink Liverpool at Wembley.
05 May 2012
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffers a fresh setback after supporters of the Supreme Leader make new gains in run-off parliamentary polls.
05 May 2012
A kayaking couple who became separated and ended up in the water themselves off Anglesey for about 40 minutes are rescued.
05 May 2012
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks have appeared before a US military tribunal at Guantanamo to be charged.
05 May 2012
An advert showing an Argentine Olympic hopeful training in the Falkland Islands is criticised by the International Olympic Committee.
05 May 2012
Long queues for passport control checks at UK airports are a fact of life but are still an "unacceptable" part of travel, Stansted Airport bosses say.
05 May 2012
A British tourist who tried to protect a girl being mauled by captive cheetahs tells how the animals then turned on her.
05 May 2012
The BBC's Mike Bushell looks at how dancing with dogs has become more and popular and is now a competitive sport.
05 May 2012
A fire at a drug rehabilitation centre east of the Peruvian capital Lima has killed 14 people, firefighters say, the second such tragedy this year.
05 May 2012
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of planning the 9/11 attacks, and four other leading suspects, appear in court at Guantanamo Bay to be charged.
05 May 2012
Newcastle finish bottom of the Premiership and face possible relegation despite a 14-10 win over Wasps at Adams Park.
05 May 2012
Thirteen people have died in Nepal after a river near Mount Annapurna unexpectedly burst its banks, police say.
05 May 2012
Australia's Casey Stoner will start Sunday's Portuguese MotoGP on pole, despite leaving it late to record the best qualifying lap.
05 May 2012
School leaders say that pressure from Ofsted puts off too many applicants for headships.
05 May 2012
More than 170 people are detained after deadly clashes between protesters and Egyptian security forces in Cairo, military sources say.
05 May 2012
A man serving 12 years for armed robbery who absconded from a prison in Surrey has been returned to jail after he handed himself in to police in Kent.
05 May 2012
Steve Morison's late equaliser earns Norwich a draw that leaves Arsenal's Champions League hopes out of their hands.
05 May 2012
At least five people are killed in an explosion in a car wash in a suburb of Syria's second city Aleppo, according to activists.
05 May 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy spends the day with his family and his challenger Francois Hollande visits a market a day before the crucial second round.
05 May 2012
In Japan, thousands of people have taken to the streets to celebrate the temporary switching off of the country's last operating nuclear reactor.
05 May 2012
Talks are expected to begin across Scotland to work out who will form the ruling administrations at most councils.
05 May 2012
A couple who had a chiming church clock silenced because it kept them awake at night are withdrawing their complaint.
05 May 2012
Forty thousand people have begun arriving at the Olympic Stadium in east London, ready for the venue's official opening.
05 May 2012
Mr Johnson, who was running for the Conservatives, narrowly beat Labour's Ken Livingstone, ending a long-running rivalry.
05 May 2012
Education Secretary Michael Gove signals to head teachers there will be a re-think over plans for Ofsted to inspect schools without any warning.
05 May 2012
Three men arrested during counter-terrorism raids appear in court charged with conspiracy.
05 May 2012
Boris Johnson says he will "work his socks off' as he was sworn in for his second term as London mayor.
05 May 2012
China says he can leave the country and the Americans say they will welcome him. But he is still confined to a hospital in Beijing.
05 May 2012
Thousands of South Sudanese stranded for months in a camp in Sudan by cross-border fighting are to be airlifted home, an aid group says.
05 May 2012
David Cameron says he is "delighted" with Boris Johnson's re-election as London mayor, after he narrowly beat Labour rival Ken Livingstone.
05 May 2012
The first coastal path network to cover an entire country is officially opened, covering 870 miles of Wales.
05 May 2012
Two people are rescued from a blaze which broke out at a block of flats in Greenock, Inverclyde.
05 May 2012
The Associated Press apologises for sacking the reporter who defied the censors to report ahead of schedule that World War II had ended.
05 May 2012
A man is charged with fraud offences over an alleged scam to sponsor children from dance schools at the closing event of the 2012 Olympics.
05 May 2012
Nine suspected militants have been killed by a US drone in a volatile tribal region of north-west Pakistan, officials say.
05 May 2012
The brother of a murdered Coleraine pensioner, who died after a burglary at his home, criticises the justice system in Northern Ireland.
05 May 2012
The 15-year-old boy who died after he was hit by a car in Donacloney, County Down, was David Preece from Blackskull.
05 May 2012
The defeated London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone has described the Tory victor, Boris Johnson, as a "do nothing mayor."
05 May 2012
Japan begins the process of shutting down its last nuclear reactor, leaving the country without any nuclear power for the first time since 1970.
05 May 2012
Severe flooding hits Brazil's Amazon region, while the north-east of the country faces drought.
05 May 2012
A bronze statue of former England and Leeds United manager Don Revie is unveiled at Elland Road 40 years after the team last won the FA Cup
05 May 2012
A UN special rapporteur says he will recommend the US restore tribal lands, including the Black Hills of South Dakota, site of Mount Rushmore.
05 May 2012
Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47, three years after being diagnosed with cancer.
05 May 2012
Two cuckoos fitted with satellite tracking devices return to the UK, revealing new information about the threatened birds' migration.
05 May 2012
The skull of an indigenous Paraguayan girl kidnapped more a century ago is returned to her community for burial after being handed back by a museum in Berlin.
05 May 2012
The RSPB says recent heavy rain and flooding has had a disastrous impact on many of its nature reserves.
05 May 2012
A life in hiding with cooped-up children and jealous wives
04 May 2012
At least 144 people are injured at a political event in the Armenia capital after clusters of gas balloons explode, officials say.
04 May 2012
Fourteen decapitated bodies are discovered in Nuevo Laredo in northern Mexico, hours after nine bodies were found hanging from a bridge.
04 May 2012
Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has died at the age of 48, according to US media reports.
04 May 2012
A British-owned advertising agency condemns its Argentine team over an "offensive" video showing an Argentine athlete training in the Falklands.
04 May 2012
Exam boards could be fined for mistakes in test papers under new powers granted to the exams regulator Ofqual.
04 May 2012
Lorraine Kelly and Aled Jones have been unveiled as the new hosts of ITV1 breakfast show Daybreak.
04 May 2012
Music stars Kimberley Walsh and Alfie Boe will debut a new version of the Queen hit One Vision, in front of a royal audience, later this month.
04 May 2012
The Canadian firm trying to build an oil pipeline from Alberta to the US Gulf Coast has formally proposed a new route, the US state department says.
04 May 2012
Iranians are complaining that Google Maps now has no name on the body of water that they call the Persian Gulf and is also known as the Arabian Gulf.
04 May 2012
Malawi's new President Joyce Banda says she does not want Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, accused of war crimes, to attend a summit in July.
04 May 2012
Two people are arrested in a fraud inquiry involving dance schools for children as young as nine who believed they were preparing to dance in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.
04 May 2012
The government's targets for access to broadband services are unlikely to be met because of a £1.1bn funding shortfall, says a report.
04 May 2012
Labour leader Ed Miliband is hit by an egg during a post-election walkabout in Southampton.
04 May 2012
Will Self on why Lords reform is like a hot buttered crumpet
04 May 2012
Wigan say they feel "let down" by the RFL after being asked to face St Helens in the Challenge Cup away from the DW Stadium.
04 May 2012
A dancer who was caught up in the Costa Concordia disaster joins a class action group in the US after an "insulting" compensation offer.
04 May 2012
Clashes between protesters and security forces erupt near Egypt's defence ministry in Cairo, two days after at least 20 people died there.
04 May 2012
Tributes are paid following the death of a soldier during a live firing exercise on a military range in Pembrokeshire.
04 May 2012
Clashes between protesters and security forces have erupted in Cairo after hundreds of protesters gathered near the Ministry of Defence.
04 May 2012
Council leaders from all parties lose seats, including the former Liberal Democrat leader of Cardiff, Wales' biggest council.
04 May 2012
Philip Glass on why it is OK to fall asleep in his Einstein opera
04 May 2012
Dozens of academy schools must return nearly £15m by July because of a government funding blunder, say accountants for some of the affected schools.
04 May 2012
Richard Taylor reports on how virtual reality has made James May fear for the future of his presenting career.
04 May 2012
Former media mogul Conrad Black has been released from prison in Miami after serving some three years for defrauding investors.
04 May 2012
The US economy created 115,000 jobs during April, fewer than the previous month and less than analysts had expected, official figures show.
04 May 2012
Bristol votes in favour of a directly elected mayor to run the city council.
04 May 2012
The US says Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has been offered a fellowship by a US university and that it expects China to allow him to leave soon.
04 May 2012
A nuclear scientist at the prestigious Cern laboratory is jailed for five years in France for plotting terrorist attacks.
04 May 2012
Police are investigating claims a Bradford MP was subject to "aggressive behaviour" from the Respect party while out campaigning in the local elections.
04 May 2012
Chelsea make a bid to buy Battersea Power Station and redevelop it into a 60,000 capacity stadium.
04 May 2012
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says his team's crucial trip to Newcastle is a tougher game than the Manchester derby.
04 May 2012
A 94-year-old woman suffers a fractured skull in an attack in her bed at her home in Birmingham.
04 May 2012
The peace plan for Syria negotiated by UN envoy Kofi Annan is "on track", despite widespread reports of ceasefire violations, his spokesman says.
04 May 2012
The UN ultimatum given to Sudan and South Sudan to end fighting or face possible sanctions expires later, amid allegations of renewed bombing.
04 May 2012
Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones says voters sent a message to the UK government as the party makes big gains, taking control of almost half of the nation's councils.
04 May 2012
The court in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik begins hearing coroners' reports for the 69 people killed in a youth camp massacre on Norway's Utoeya Island.
04 May 2012
George Best Belfast City Airport's chief executive says he hopes that by next week another airline will take the place of BMI Baby, which stops flying from the airport in June.
04 May 2012
Greenland's glaciers are not speeding up as much as previously thought and may be contributing "significantly less" to sea-level rise, a study says.
04 May 2012
HMS Ocean, on deployment in the Thames as part of the Olympic security preparations, had a close encounter with the Thames Barrier as it made its way up the river.
04 May 2012
A new allegation of gang-rape is made in the sex inquiry involving ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in France.
04 May 2012
The Vulcan Hotel, one of Cardiff's best preserved Victorian pubs, is to be dismantled and moved to St Fagans National History Museum.
04 May 2012
Iranians vote in a second round of parliamentary elections which are expected to see opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad make further gains.
04 May 2012
Brussels proposes creating an age-based authentication system for children to ensure they stay safe when going online.
04 May 2012
A man who stabbed a 16-year-old girl in the face leaving her permanently scarred is convicted of attempted murder.
04 May 2012
Singers Plan B and Chris Martin support a charity campaign which urges music fans to protect their hearing from loud music
04 May 2012
The brother of the man who killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is released after more than 16 years in prison for complicity in the murder.
04 May 2012
Jamaican double bassist Lloyd Brevett, whose band The Skatalites pioneered ska music and paved the way for reggae, dies at the age of 80.
04 May 2012
The government is applying to be a 'core participant' at the Leveson Inquiry, allowing it to cross-examine witnesses.
04 May 2012
China says prominent dissident Chen Guangcheng can apply to study abroad, potentially showing a way out of the diplomatic crisis with the US.
04 May 2012
A man is acquitted of murdering gangland figure Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence.
04 May 2012
A large-scale exercise to test Britain's military capability ahead of the Olympics is underway. A helicopter task-force is on board the Royal Navy's largest warship, HMS Ocean.
04 May 2012
Environmental permits for a "dynamic kill" operation to try to stop the gas leak on Total's Elgin platform are granted by the UK government.
04 May 2012
Aston Villa fine three players for their role in an incident outside a club five days before playing Tottenham.
04 May 2012
Chinook helicopter crews based at RAF Odiham in Hampshire have been playing a vital role in the conflict in Afghanistan.
04 May 2012
Floodwater up to 8ft deep is badly damaging land on the Somerset Levels, a farmer says.
04 May 2012
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood says the party must rebuild after what she describes as a "difficult night" at the local elections.
04 May 2012
The BBC shrugs off claims that it has banned Sacha Baron Cohen from talk shows, as he promotes his new film The Dictator in character
04 May 2012
This month the BBC will be following the lives of some of the world's most magnificent creatures.
04 May 2012
Vote counting in the Scottish council elections is under way, with the results due later on Friday.
04 May 2012
Spectators are told they will not wait longer than 30 minutes to get into Olympic and Paralympic venues this summer.
04 May 2012
Politicians and Vatican at odds over Sean Brady's future
04 May 2012
One of Ireland's leading theologians says Cardinal Sean Brady should resign as Catholic Primate of all-Ireland.
04 May 2012
Two men are charged by the authorities in Texas after the discovery of 115 illegal immigrants locked in buildings near the border with Mexico.
04 May 2012
A court in India convicts nine people accused of burning three people to death in their home during the religious riots in Gujarat in 2002.
04 May 2012
RBS confirms it is to repay £163bn of emergency loans, reports a three month loss of £1.4bn and sets aside another £125m for PPI compensation.
04 May 2012
A man and a boy are charged with conspiracy to commit burglary over a break-in and theft of Chinese artefacts from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
04 May 2012
The Welsh Liberal Democrats' leader says voters are sending the UK government a message after her party suffered heavy losses in local elections.
04 May 2012
Fabio Capello wants "one more challenge" before retiring and is keen on taking charge of a Premier League side.
04 May 2012
The government will consult on new measures to protect children from internet pornography, including a parental opt-in policy for receiving adult content.
04 May 2012
The Welsh Conservatives lose control of two councils in some of their strongest territory in Wales.
04 May 2012
The Premier League issues an invitation to tender for the domestic UK broadcast rights for the 2013-14 to 2015-16 seasons.
04 May 2012
A suicide attack targeting security forces in the Bajaur district of northwest Pakistan has left 17 people dead, local officials say.
04 May 2012
Welsh Labour makes big gains in the local elections, taking overall control in eight of the first 14 councils to declare.
04 May 2012
Joe Anderson is chosen as Liverpool's first directly-elected mayor.
04 May 2012
How Wasps have gone from European champions to possible oblivion
04 May 2012
World Have Your Say's Ros Atkins reports from Sierra Leone on how some people there believe negative media coverage of the country damages it.
04 May 2012
The railway line is closed at Lurgan because of a security alert.
04 May 2012
Jan Molby says Liverpool need to buy another striker this summer, despite spending £57.7m on Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez.
04 May 2012
The Consumer Council is calling on bmibaby to do all it can to help passengers after it announced it is to pull out of Belfast City Airport.
04 May 2012
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is on course for its biggest vote share in local election history .
04 May 2012
French presidential candidates Francois Hollande and Nicholas Sarkozy prepare for their last day of campaigning before Sunday's run-off election.
04 May 2012
Adolf Hitler developed a "messiah complex" as Germany began losing World War II, according to a newly unveiled British intelligence report.
04 May 2012
Voters in Manchester, Nottingham and Coventry have voted against having directly elected, city mayors in a blow to David Cameron.
04 May 2012
The culture secretary could face a probe into claims he failed to declare sponsorship from private firms when he was a shadow culture spokesman.
04 May 2012
A child has been caught on camera at a zoo, seemingly oblivious to the desperate efforts of one of its residents to make a meal out of him.
04 May 2012
Pond skater males have evolved elaborate antennae due to sexual struggles with females, say researchers.
04 May 2012
Labour are on course to make big gains from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in English local elections.
04 May 2012
Welsh Labour is performing strongly in the local elections, taking overall control of Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport so far.
04 May 2012
When a meteor shower streaked across the north California skies 10 days ago, treasure-seekers rushed to California's Gold Country looking for space rocks.
04 May 2012
A test checking that an embryo has the right genetic information could significantly boost the number of IVF pregnancies, a UK company says.
04 May 2012
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowers its growth forecast saying that consumer and business sentiment continue to be low.
04 May 2012
Up to 90% of school leavers in major Asian cities are suffering from myopia or short sightedness, according to a new study.
04 May 2012
Editors of 19 global editions of the fashion magazine Vogue pledge to use only "healthy" models over the age of 16.
04 May 2012
Argentine legislators approve the nationalisation of oil company, YPF, despite a diplomatic row with Spain and the EU.
04 May 2012
Thirteen people have been charged after the hazing death of a Florida marching band member. What is the purpose of beating up members of your own club?
04 May 2012
Welsh Labour says it is confident of taking a "leap forward" after polling stations closed in elections for all but one of Wales' local councils.
04 May 2012
Qantas will delay the delivery of two A380 planes by almost four years as it announces fresh $410m spending cuts.
04 May 2012
Argentina has angered the Falkland Islands by broadcasting a political advert filmed on the territory without authorisation.
04 May 2012
Families who borrowed too much during the economic boom must share responsibility for the financial crisis, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond says.
04 May 2012
Former NFL star Junior Seau died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a US coroner says, returning a verdict of suicide on the former San Diego Charger.
04 May 2012
Argentina riles Falkland Islanders with a propaganda advert featuring an Argentine Olympic athlete training on the disputed territory.
03 May 2012
One of the more unusual tributes being planned for the Diamond Jubilee is a new portrait of the Queen - but one being made out of cakes.
03 May 2012
Business-focused social networking website Linkedin said its quarterly profits more than doubled sending its shares up 10%.
03 May 2012
Votes are being counted across much of the UK in local elections seen as a crucial mid-term test of David Cameron's coalition government.
03 May 2012
The campaign to improve hand hygiene in hospitals in England and Wales contributed to a significant fall in the rates of superbug infections, according to a report.
03 May 2012
BBC Sport's pick of the goals from the week's Football League action, including Ryan Taylor's curling strike for Bristol City plus Don Cowie helping Cardiff into the Championship play-offs. (UK users only)
03 May 2012
A witness in the Anders Behring Breivik trial tells how he transported Breivik to Utoeya island, where he killed 69 people, thinking he was a policeman.
03 May 2012
Head teachers are being urged to report back on Ofsted inspectors to ensure inspections are carried out constructively and impartially.
03 May 2012
An operating system developed to connect services in the cities of the future will be put through its paces in London.
03 May 2012
Norway is leading the way in preparing for the move to the net's new addressing scheme, suggests a survey.
03 May 2012
The UK unemployment rate will rise to almost 9% by the end of 2012, doing "permanent damage to the UK's productive capacity", a think tank says.
03 May 2012
Seven people facing felony charges over the death of a Florida university student who died in a hazing incident have turned themselves in to police.
03 May 2012
Dwain Chambers will face Usain Bolt over 100m at the meeting in Ostrava in the Czech Republic later this month.
03 May 2012
Londoners have to wait until Friday night to find out whether Boris Johnson or Ken Livingstone has won the race for City Hall.
03 May 2012
At least seven people are reported killed in two explosions on the outskirts of Makhachkala, capital of Russia's Dagestan region.
03 May 2012
Facebook sets the share price for its upcoming initial public offering at between $28 and $35 per share, valuing the company at $85bn-$95bn.
03 May 2012
Sudan pledges to stop fighting with South Sudan in compliance with a UN Security Council resolution.
03 May 2012
Newly released papers from Osama Bin Laden's hideout reveal a frustrated al-Qaeda leader struggling to master an unruly network, the US military says.
03 May 2012
The economic policies of Francois Hollande will "have a shockwave effect on Europe" if he becomes president of France, Iain Duncan Smith warns.
03 May 2012
Ronnie O'Sullivan takes a 5-3 lead over Matthew Stevens in the semi-final of the World Championship at the Crucible.
03 May 2012
South Korean firm Samsung has unveiled its latest smartphone, the successor to the Galaxy S2.
03 May 2012
Bmibaby will cease to operate all flights to and from Belfast from 11 June, it has been announced.
03 May 2012
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng telephones a US Congressional hearing to plead for help in his attempts to leave China with his family.
03 May 2012
A large-scale Olympic security exercise has been taking place, forming the basis of military advice to the government for the 2012 Games.
03 May 2012
Samsung unveils its new Galaxy S3 smartphone, featuring a 4.8 inch screen, calling it the "best in class" Android-based phone on the market.
03 May 2012
An in-house thief at the US National Archives is jailed after a radio recording enthusiast saw his own donated Babe Ruth interview for sale on eBay.
03 May 2012
Wales waits to learn the political make-up of its councils after voting closes in local elections.
03 May 2012
England striker Wayne Rooney wins the award for Goal of the 20 Seasons to commemorate 20 years of the Premier League.
03 May 2012
Israel's Supreme Court defers a decision on an appeal against their imprisonment by two Palestinians who have been on hunger strike for 64 days.
03 May 2012
Defeated centrist French presidential candidate Francois Bayrou throws his weight behind Socialist leader Francois Hollande ahead of Sunday's run-off.
03 May 2012
Jack Collison scores twice to give West Ham control of their Championship play-off semi-final after the first leg at Cardiff City.
03 May 2012
Weeks of border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan have led to fears that the two nations could end up in all-out war.
03 May 2012
A seven-year-old allegedly killed by his mother was a happy pupil who showed no signs of abuse, the boy's Koran teacher tells Cardiff Crown Court.
03 May 2012
Two missing journalists are found dead in the Mexican state of Veracruz - the latest reporters to be killed in a region racked by drug-related violence.
03 May 2012
Police remove the last anti-war tent outside Parliament after the High Court said an injunction preventing its removal could be lifted.
03 May 2012
A boy who died in an East Sussex swimming pool while on a foreign school trip accidentally drowned, a coroner rules
03 May 2012
A 150-year-old house in Minnesota is demolished by having a tank driven through it.
03 May 2012
A mud carnival, the police who tried to help a family of geese and a huge drum kit. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
03 May 2012
A forger who created up to 1,000 bogus paintings - selling many to unsuspecting buyers - has been jailed for two years.
03 May 2012
Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor should serve 80 years after his conviction at The Hague for war crimes in the Sierra Leone civil war, prosecutors say.
03 May 2012
Ukraine denounces a threatened boycott of Euro 2012 as "destructive" amid concern over the treatment of jailed opposition head Yulia Tymoshenko.
03 May 2012
Newspaper group Trinity Mirror says that chief executive Sly Bailey is to step down at the end of the year.
03 May 2012
Live BBC coverage of World Cup Rowing from Belgrade in Serbia. (UK users only)
03 May 2012
The insurer Aviva loses the vote on executive pay at its shareholders' meeting, with investors angry about bosses' bonuses.
03 May 2012
A man acknowledged to be a peaceful protester is given an Asbo ordering him to stay away from all Olympics and Diamond Jubilee venues and events.
03 May 2012
A paralysed woman who is the first woman to walk the London Marathon in a "bionic" suit will not receive a medal when she finishes the challenge.
03 May 2012
German prosecutors charge four men with membership of a terrorist organisation after they were arrested last year on suspicion of plotting an al-Qaeda attack.
03 May 2012
A violent death every 74 minutes has earned Honduras the dubious title of murder capital of the world
03 May 2012
RBS will say on Friday that, as of next week, it will have repaid all the £163bn of emergency loans it received from UK and US taxpayers, the BBC has learned.
03 May 2012
Political leaders in Belfast and Dublin strongly criticise the head of Ireland's Catholic Church for his refusal to resign over a paedophile priest scandal.
03 May 2012
John Terry and Rio Ferdinand must unite and play together for England, four former internationals tell BBC Sport.
03 May 2012
As part of the increased security in London ahead of the Olympic games the army has been showing off its Rapier missile defence system.
03 May 2012
A charity worker from Hartlepool changes her name by Deed Poll to one 161 words long.
03 May 2012
Dame Monica Mason, director of the Royal Ballet, says that any dance company director who claims never to have worked with an anorexic performer is lying.
03 May 2012
Administrators say they understand Bill Miller has been given assurances that Rangers will continue in the SPL.
03 May 2012
Police caution Mansfield Town's Chief Executive Carolyn Still for threatening behaviour outside York City's ground.
03 May 2012
Exasperated road users in the Colombian capital are using Facebook to map potholes and help local authorities prioritise repairs.
03 May 2012
12 days after the London Marathon ended, Claire Lomas is still on the course trying to complete it.
03 May 2012
Football commentator Garth Crooks reckons UK sports minister Hugh Robertson's threatened boycott of the Euro 2012 games in Ukraine "won't achieve anything".
03 May 2012
At least four people are killed as Syrian security forces and militiamen raid student accommodation in the second city, Aleppo, activists say.
03 May 2012
At least 34 people are killed when gunmen open fire and throw explosives at a cattle market in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say.
03 May 2012
A British man who has been totally blind for many years has had part of his vision restored after surgery to fit a pioneering eye implant.
03 May 2012
The body in charge of setting MPs' salaries and pensions launches a public consultation on whether MPs are giving taxpayers value for money.
03 May 2012
Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif has been released after serving half of a 12-month sentence for a fixing scam, his lawyer says.
03 May 2012
More than 8,500 Brazilian troops are being deployed in a vast area of the Amazon to tackle drug trafficking, logging and illegal mining.
03 May 2012
Two British men who have been blind for many years have been able to perceive light and some shapes after surgery to fit an innovative retina implant.
03 May 2012
China's Bright Food buys a controlling stake in Weetabix, which owns the breakfast cereal brand as well as Alpen and Ready Brek.
03 May 2012
An online potato chips advert featuring Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher is dropped after viewer complaints that it was racist, reports say.
03 May 2012
The singer moves up to fifth on the all-time UK best-selling album list overtaking Michael Jackson's Thriller.
03 May 2012
Can you spot famous film locations on the Welsh coastline?
03 May 2012
Activist Chen Guangcheng says he wants to leave China hours after leaving his US embassy refuge, as US-China strategic talks get under way.
03 May 2012
The parents of a 12-year-old who died of heart failure during a swimming lesson say defribrillators should be placed in all public buildings.
03 May 2012
Grammar schools should be rated on a tougher GCSE measure, a report by the Schools Network says.
03 May 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told China that it cannot deny the aspirations of its citizens, during a news conference at the start of high-level trade and security talks between the two countries in Beijing.
03 May 2012
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urges China to change its export-led growth policy and increase domestic consumption.
03 May 2012
Nine months on from the riots in London, hundreds of cases are still being prepared for trial, the BBC learns.
03 May 2012
Former US presidential candidate John Edwards' wife ripped off her shirt and bra in a confrontation with her husband over his affair, a court hears.
03 May 2012
Voters are to go to the polls for council elections in England, Wales and Scotland, and several mayoral votes and referendums also take place.
03 May 2012
Argentina marks the 30th anniversary of the sinking of the warship General Belgrano during the Falklands conflict with the UK.
03 May 2012
A record number of UK beaches have been given the top award for water quality in the latest Good Beach Guide, says the Marine Conservation Society.
03 May 2012
More than 120 short films offering "snapshots of the UK's cultural, sporting, industrial and political heritage" have been put online.
03 May 2012
A service on the fifth anniversary of Madeleine McCann's disappearance is to take place at her grandparents' church in Liverpool.
03 May 2012
Details of the deal in which private sector company Circle is running an NHS hospital show it is allowed to keep the first £2m of any annual surplus.
03 May 2012
Heavy summer downpours are blamed for a dip in top quality bathing water at beaches across Scotland.
03 May 2012
Voters in Scotland will be going to the polls in an election to decide who runs the country's 32 local councils.
03 May 2012
A country where life is cheap, and funerals are free
02 May 2012
Smart clothes that change colour could help people to camouflage - just like squids do, say scientists.
02 May 2012
The South Korean handset maker will unveil its new Android-based Galaxy phone at a London event later on Thursday.
02 May 2012
The UK economy will return to growth in the second half of 2012, the CBI says, but it has cut its forecast for the year as a whole.
02 May 2012
The UN imposes sanctions on three North Korean state-owned companies in response to Pyongyang's failed rocket launch last month.
02 May 2012
Real Madrid seal the Spanish title with a 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao, while Lionel Messi scores a record 68th goal this season for Barcelona.
02 May 2012
A man who was locked in a tiny cell for five days without water and food tells of drinking his own urine to survive, as drug agents apologise.
02 May 2012
The clean lines and modernist aesthetic first created by the Bauhaus school in Germany has influenced everyone from Steve Jobs of Apple to brands like Ikea and Muji.
02 May 2012
A superb double from Papiss Cisse secures Newcastle's first win at Stamford Bridge in 26 years to reinvigorate their surge for a Champions League place.
02 May 2012
France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande go head-to-head in a televised debate, seen as the last chance for the president to swing the election in his favour.
02 May 2012
Newt Gingrich halts his White House campaign, but falls short of a full-throated endorsement for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
02 May 2012
Tottenham move to within a point of third-placed Arsenal with a victory at Bolton that keeps the Trotters in the relegation zone.
02 May 2012
Germany's hockey team score with half the British side off the pitch in a bizarre incident at the Olympic test event in London.
02 May 2012
Former top NFL linebacker Junior Seau is found dead at his home in Southern California in an apparent suicide.
02 May 2012
At least 12 people - including two soldiers - are killed in a gunfight between the Mexican army and suspected drug gang members in Sinaloa state.
02 May 2012
Leading Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he left his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to his family.
02 May 2012
Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Neil Robertson 13-10 to reach the semi-finals of the World Championship and will face Matthew Stevens next.
02 May 2012
The governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, renews calls for reform of the banking industry.
02 May 2012
The News Corporation board says it has "full confidence" in Rupert Murdoch following a highly critical UK government committee report.
02 May 2012
Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba is overcome with emotion as he returns to the Reebok Stadium to greet the cheering and chanting crowd.
02 May 2012
A West Yorkshire lollipop man is studying for a second PhD, on top of 11 degrees.
02 May 2012
Bolton's Fabrice Muamba says he is "overwhelmed" by the support he has received from fans, as he returns to the Reebok Stadium to watch his side take on Tottenham.
02 May 2012
Fabrice Muamba says he is delighted to be back at Bolton after arriving for their meeting with Tottenham at the Reebok Stadium.
02 May 2012
An intelligence expert says a cover up by British Secret Services cannot be ruled out in the death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams.
02 May 2012
The European Space Agency (Esa) is to mount a billion-euro mission to Jupiter and its icy moons.
02 May 2012
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he left his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to family members.
02 May 2012
More than 2,000 public sector workers could be avoiding the full rate of income tax by being paid by the government on special contracts, reports Newsnight's Peter Marshall.
02 May 2012
Police urge the mother of a baby whose body was found at a recycling plant in Scunthorpe to come forward.
02 May 2012
A 78-year-old from East Sussex is to become the oldest person ever to have a sex change operation on the NHS.
02 May 2012
More than 2,000 public sector workers could be avoiding the full rate of income tax by being paid by the government on special contracts, reports Newsnight's Peter Marshall.
02 May 2012
The UN Security Council passes a resolution threatening sanctions on Sudan and South Sudan if the two nations fail to halt recent violence.
02 May 2012
Libya's NTC lifts its ban on religious parties as Libyans register to vote in June's congressional elections.
02 May 2012
Researchers are surprised by how much earlier plants begin flowering when at elevated temperatures - a far greater effect than models predict.
02 May 2012
Gunfire is heard in Mali's capital Bamako for a third day as junta patrols hunt down soldiers who tried to stage an counter-coup earlier in the week.
02 May 2012
The editor of the world-leading scientific journal Nature says current procedures to assess and censor research potentially useful to bioterrorists are "problematic" and need to be imporved.
02 May 2012
Someone else was probably involved in the death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams whose body was found padlocked in a bag in 2010, a coroner says.
02 May 2012
Austria's government is to boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine amid concern over the treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
02 May 2012
Content providers may turn their attention to virtual private networks (VPNs) after The Pirate Bay urged visitors to use them.
02 May 2012
The Football Association says a headline in The Sun about England manager Roy Hodgson's manner of speech was "in poor taste".
02 May 2012
Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream is tipped to fetch more than $80 million (£50m) when it goes up for auction in New York later.
02 May 2012
The Immigration Services Union (ISU) is set to go on a strike next Thursday in a row over pensions, joining members of the Public and Commercial Services Union.
02 May 2012
One million of the fifteen million premature babies born each year die, suggests a report led by the WHO.
02 May 2012
The daughter of a Coleraine pensioner who died after confronting a burglar tells of her family's devastation at the killing.
02 May 2012
First Minister Alex Salmond has refused to say whether he was the victim of phone hacking as he faced more questions in Holyrood on links with Rupert Murdoch.
02 May 2012
Unemployment in the eurozone reached a record high again in March, as joblessness also rose in Italy and Germany.
02 May 2012
A teenager with a history of violence admits murdering a 13-year-old boy in Kilmarnock.
02 May 2012
While the rest of the United Kingdom waded under an April that was wetter, duller and colder than usual, Northern Ireland bucked the trend.
02 May 2012
The owner of a Harley Davidson swept away by last year's tsunami in Japan is delighted that the motorbike has been found washed up on the Canadian coast.
02 May 2012
Rhyl's seafront is closed to bathers and an emergency clean-up plan begins after sewage spills into the Clwyd Estuary in Denbighshire.
02 May 2012
The owner has been found of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that drifted to Canada after being swept out to sea in the 2011 Japanese tsunami.
02 May 2012
Commons staff are being told to cut down on topping up MPs' glasses at receptions in an effort to encourage "responsible alcohol use".
02 May 2012
Some MPs say the government is putting promised legislation on hold to make room for House of Lords reform.
02 May 2012
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Madeleine McCann's disappearance, her parents say they believe the investigation in Portugal will be reopened.
02 May 2012
Robin Williams, the family solicitor of MI6 codebreaker Gareth Williams, criticises his employers for their failure to check on his welfare.
02 May 2012
Political parties are carrying out a last day of campaigning ahead of local elections in England, Scotland and Wales on Thursday.
02 May 2012
The funeral of the runner who died near the finish line of the London Marathon takes place at a church in Leicestershire.
02 May 2012
Human Rights Watch accuses Syrian government forces of committing war crimes in the province of Idlib as the 12 April ceasefire approached.
02 May 2012
Disney blockbuster Marvel Avengers Assemble is the number one film in the UK and Ireland after taking £15.78m in its opening week.
02 May 2012
The Catholic primate of all-Ireland will not resign as Church leader despite allegations that he failed to act when told about the clerical abuse of children.
02 May 2012
Maths lessons are seen as difficult, irrelevant and boring by about a third of teenagers, a survey suggests.
02 May 2012
Spain and the EU criticise Bolivia's nationalisation of a Spanish-owned electric power company, warning it could deter foreign investors.
02 May 2012
Motorola Mobility is granted a sales ban against the Xbox 360 and Windows 7 in Germany.
02 May 2012
A writer for British comedy The Thick of It criticises BBC America's decision to censor the award-winning political satire.
02 May 2012
BSkyB says it is engaging with Ofcom's investigation and believes itself to be a "fit and proper" holder of a broadcast licence.
02 May 2012
A BBC investigation uncovers new claims about the Catholic primate of all-Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, and his role in a 1975 clerical sex abuse inquiry.
02 May 2012
The number of working families and pensioners who are living in poverty in Northern Ireland has increased, according to new research.
02 May 2012
Standpipes could be needed in the streets next year if England faces another dry winter, the environment secretary warns.
02 May 2012
First quarter profits at Swiss bank UBS decline 54% because of losses at its investment bank and charges on company debt.
02 May 2012
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has left the US embassy in Beijing after sheltering there for six-days, a US official and Chinese state media say.
02 May 2012
Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry announces his retirement after a heavy 13-2 defeat by Stephen Maguire.
02 May 2012
Delegates to the European Space Agency are expected to approve a billion-euro mission to Jupiter and its icy moons when they meet in Paris on Wednesday.
02 May 2012
A Danish restaurant has held on to top spot in the list of world's best. But how much do you know about the menus at the poshest eateries?
02 May 2012
The latest Call of Duty game, Black Ops 2, will go on sale a week after Microsoft relaunches its Halo franchise.
02 May 2012
The family of a man killed by a convicted murderer at his Rhymney Valley flat say they hold the probation service responsible for his death.
02 May 2012
Roy Hodgson says he was not surprised to be offered the England manager's job by the Football Association.
02 May 2012
The National Front candidate for the Liverpool mayoral election is charged with a public order offence.
02 May 2012
Scotland's top prosecutor joined the director of the FBI on a mission to Libya to discuss the investigation into the Lockerbie bombing.
02 May 2012
At least six people are killed and dozens injured in Cairo as a protest against Egypt's ruling military council is attacked.
02 May 2012
A 36-year-old man is charged with the murders of a Middlesbrough man and a Whitby woman.
02 May 2012
An independent review into a backlog of X-ray results in two local health trusts finds the care and treatment of seven cancer patients was affected.
02 May 2012
Profits at Home Retail Group, the owner of the Argos and Homebase retail chains, drop 60% and the company scraps its final dividend.
02 May 2012
Rupert Murdoch sends an email to staff at his UK papers saying the business can emerge "better and stronger" from the phone-hacking scandal.
02 May 2012
11 reasons why they could make a difference to your life
02 May 2012
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is sworn in as a member of Burma's parliament, a month after her party's sweeping victory in by-elections.
02 May 2012
The star of new West End musical based on the film The Bodyguard says she does not want to be compared to Whitney Houston.
02 May 2012
Police arrest five people after a group of Occupy London protesters set up a temporary camp outside the London Stock Exchange.
02 May 2012
A previously unknown postcard sent by Adolf Hitler when he was a soldier in World War I has been uncovered in a European history project.
02 May 2012
A UK trial has begun of a portable brain-cooling device which it is hoped could aid the survival and recovery prospects of trauma patients.
02 May 2012
Two Welsh tourists who stole a penguin named Dirk from a theme park following a night out are each fined 1,000 Australian dollars (£637).
02 May 2012
US President Obama pledges to "finish the job" on a surprise trip to Afghanistan a year after Osama Bin Laden's death, as seven die in a Kabul blast
02 May 2012
Candidates embark on their last full day of campaigning in the local council election campaign before the polls open on Thursday.
02 May 2012
Nasa may be at the forefront of space technology, but an industrial estate in Hertfordshire is fast becoming a meteoric success.
02 May 2012
Researchers confirm that the wounds on Oetzi, a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy found in the Alps in 1991, contain the oldest known traces of blood.
02 May 2012
Secretary of State for Environment Caroline Spelman has defended the government's plans for drought if England experiences a third dry winter.
02 May 2012
Disgraced former media mogul Conrad Black will be allowed to live in Canada after he finishes a prison term in the US, government sources say.
02 May 2012
A charity representing carers calls on the government to back a new strategy to kick start more jobs in the care industry.
02 May 2012
The Conservative Party's former Treasurer did not breach laws on political donations in a recent row over "cash for access", the electoral watchdog says.
02 May 2012
GPs are making mistakes when prescribing drugs to one in six of their patients, a review by General Medical Council suggests
02 May 2012
Schools are urged to consider female-friendly activities such as Zumba classes and rollerblading because so many girls are avoiding exercise.
02 May 2012
Rolf Harris is to be awarded the Bafta Fellowship at this year's Bafta TV Awards in honour of his six successful decades on screen.
02 May 2012
Scientists developing genetically modified wheat ask campaigners to come for a chat rather than ruin their experimental plots.
01 May 2012
On the day Roy Hodgson was appointed England's new manager, BBC's Newsnight sought the considered views of QPR captain, Twitter addict and one-cap England international Joey Barton. Barton told Jeremy Paxman that it was a shrewd decision by the FA.
01 May 2012
Scottish ministers look set to speed up the appointment of the head of the new national police force, after recommendations from MSPs.
01 May 2012
A openly gay spokesman for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney resigns, citing personal reasons but amid criticism by anti-gay conservatives.
01 May 2012
Bank staff are failing to give clear and accurate advice about recurring payments, a consumer watchdog says.
01 May 2012
Adis Medunjanin is found guilty over a New York subway suicide-bomb plot planned to target the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
01 May 2012
Britain's 2010 Winter Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams retires from skeleton.
01 May 2012
A tornado has reportedly torn through a region of the southern region of France
01 May 2012
Firefighters rescued six tourists trapped in the Columbus monument in Barcelona after the lift inside the statue broke down.
01 May 2012
US President Barack Obama has signed a strategic agreement with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai on a previously unannounced visit to Afghanistan.
01 May 2012
Martin Skrtel's own goal earns Fulham a first win at Anfield as Liverpool's poor run at home continues.
01 May 2012
Bolivia says it is taking full control of a Spanish-owned energy firm because it has failed to invest enough money back into the company.
01 May 2012
Anonymous 'hacktivist' Peter Fein comes out from the cyber shadows to explain what he believes the group is trying to achieve.
01 May 2012
A Colombian woman claiming to be a Farc rebel says the left-wing guerrilla group is holding missing French journalist Romeo Langlois as a "prisoner of war".
01 May 2012
Seven people, including two MPs, are killed in a suicide attack in central Somalia, which the al-Shabab group says it carried out.
01 May 2012
GCSEs and A-levels in geography and science are easier than they were 10 years ago, the exams watchdog Ofqual warns.
01 May 2012
How well-travelled are you compared with the Queen?
01 May 2012
Developers get their hands on early version of RIM's new handset as the firm gears up to take on rivals.
01 May 2012
Three giant crocheted lions are the latest artwork to be unveiled as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
01 May 2012
Tributes are being paid to Aberdeen Shikoyi, the captain of Kenya's female rugby team who died a week after being injured in a match against Uganda.
01 May 2012
Schools are having to use the government's flagship pupil premium to plug budget cuts, say head teachers.
01 May 2012
One of the Royal Navy's most advanced and powerful warships, HMS Dauntless, is on its way to Falkland Islands.
01 May 2012
April has seen massive rainfall in the UK, so how much more is needed to stop the summer drought?
01 May 2012
The NHS and social networking site Facebook have joined forces in an attempt to increase the number of organs being donated.
01 May 2012
Seven people have been arrested on suspicion of funding terrorism, the Metropolitan Police say.
01 May 2012
An inquiry into the deaths of two girls who jumped from the Erskine Bridge finds they might have lived if the care home where they stayed had taken greater precautions.
01 May 2012
Mike Catt is to join England's coaching set-up as Wayne Smith turns down the chance to be part of Stuart Lancaster's team.
01 May 2012
The imprisoned Bahraini human rights and political activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, tells the BBC that he will continue his 84-day hunger strike.
01 May 2012
A woman who once based a work around Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt is one of the four artists shortlisted for this year's £25,000 Turner Prize.
01 May 2012
France's National Front leader Marine Le Pen vows to cast a blank vote in Sunday's presidential election run-off.
01 May 2012
A campaign is being launched to take astronomy to Afghan children, drawing on the rich astronomical heritage of Islam.
01 May 2012
MI6 failed to pass police a lot of Gareth Williams' belongings during the probe into his death, an inquest hears.
01 May 2012
A judge warns a former police community support officer from Hull he faces a "significant" jail term for child sex offences.
01 May 2012
A teenage drink driver who killed his friend after crashing while trying to get away from a police car is jailed for four years and eight months.
01 May 2012
Israel's former foreign minister and opposition leader, Tzipi Livni, announces she is resigning from the country's parliament, the Knesset.
01 May 2012
Opinion from Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Finland as ex-players and top pundit assess Roy Hodgson's credentials
01 May 2012
The BBC News website picks up another award at the 16th Webbys while new entrants Pininterest, Google+ and Spotify get their first.
01 May 2012
A Brookeborough man who admitted stabbing to death a former Fermanagh GAA player has his plea of guilty to manslaughter accepted by the prosecution.
01 May 2012
The Flashback Trojan could have netted its creators more than $10,000 a day, suggests analysis of the malware.
01 May 2012
Photographer Rankin captures Olympic and Paralympic stars
01 May 2012
Flood warnings are in place across England after several days of heavy rain, with more forecast.
01 May 2012
The Advertising Standards Authority has widened its inquiry into the advertising of the 4G Apple iPad. The UK does not yet have widespread 4G coverage, and the iPad will be incompatible with it when it does.
01 May 2012
The last surviving founding member of Nicaragua's left-wing Sandinista movement, Tomas Borge, dies at the age of 81.
01 May 2012
MPs and peers have marked the end of the parliamentary session with the traditional prorogation ceremony.
01 May 2012
Potentially deadly exotic caterpillars are invading Britain, according to the Daily Mail. Tony Kirkham, Head of Arboretum at Kew Gardens explains what they are and their dangers.
01 May 2012
Chad's leader calls for the urgent creation of a regional force to tackle Boko Haram Islamist militants, who have staged numerous attacks across northern Nigeria.
01 May 2012
Nick Clegg claims there is a "different mood" among voters towards his party as he makes a final push for votes ahead of Thursday's English local elections.
01 May 2012
Activists report that 11 people, nine from one family, have been killed in a mortar attack in northern Syria.
01 May 2012
Today the BBC has launched an online test which looks at how people deal with pressure
01 May 2012
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says there are "clear indications" Farc rebels are holding French journalist Romeo Langlois.
01 May 2012
A committee of MPs which has been investigating allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World is due to publish its findings.
01 May 2012
The Scotland Bill, which will give more powers to the Scottish Parliament, is expected to receive Royal Assent later.
01 May 2012
BA boss Willie Walsh accuses the government of "misleading people" over border control queues at London's Heathrow Airport.
01 May 2012
An 18-year-old man is arrested after alleged racist comments were made about Rangers star Kyle Bartley.
01 May 2012
Mali's coup leaders say they are in control of the situation in Bamako, after hours of fighting with loyalists of the ousted president.
01 May 2012
The National Portrait Gallery is to open its Lucian Freud exhibition until midnight for three days to cope with demand.
01 May 2012
Growth in the UK manufacturing sector slowed in April, according to the latest purchasing managers' index.
01 May 2012
Holders Wigan face arch rivals St Helens in the last eight of the Challenge Cup, while Championship side Leigh host Super League champions Leeds.
01 May 2012
Lloyds Banking Group reports three month profits of £288m and sets aside an extra £375m to pay for payment protection insurance compensation.
01 May 2012
First quarter profits at oil giant BP slip, but the firm says it will reach its $20bn target for its Gulf compensation fund ahead of schedule.
01 May 2012
Divers and rescue workers are looking for survivors on the Brahmaputra river in India's Assam state, where a ferry capsized, killing at least 103 people.
01 May 2012
Labour demonstrations marking May Day take place across the world, with the main focus on Europe and its backdrop of social unrest.
01 May 2012
Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics and Paolo Nutini are to represent the four UK nations at a concert to mark the start of the Olympics.
01 May 2012
What is the secret to coping under pressure?
01 May 2012
Farewell to Commodore man, and secretary who fooled Hitler
01 May 2012
Some sixth form school pupils from Northern Ireland who want to go to university in Scotland are being told they can qualify for free tuition with an Irish passport.
01 May 2012
Guests who may have been on a day trip when a major fire engulfed the Falmouth Beach Hotel in Cornwall are asked to let police know they are safe.
01 May 2012
Training begins for a pioneering UK project to search for life in a lake hidden beneath the Antarctic ice-sheet.
01 May 2012
A genetic test could help predict breast cancer many years and even decades before the disease is diagnosed, research suggests.
01 May 2012
Who is responsible for content on the internet? Claire Perry MP, chair of the Internet Porn Inquiry and Nicholas Lansman of the Internet Service Providers ISP Association, debate the ISP ban on file sharing website Pirate Bay.
01 May 2012
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says Manchester United remain title favourites, despite his side's 1-0 derby victory.
01 May 2012
Stereophonics will represent Wales at a concert in London's Hyde Park to mark the start of the Olympic Games.
01 May 2012
Former nursing student One Goh denies killing seven people in a shooting rampage at a California university, as he appears in court.
01 May 2012
Cannabis farmers across the UK steal electricity costing about £200m every year to grow their illegal crops, according to new figures.
01 May 2012
Learning a second language can boost brain power, scientists believe.
01 May 2012
UN leader Ban Ki-moon meets opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time in Burma, on a visit aimed at encouraging more democratic reforms.
01 May 2012
The family of a Londonderry woman murdered by her ex-partner while she was pregnant with his child describe her killer as an "animal".
01 May 2012
A White House official details the US use of drones to kill members of al-Qaeda, and reveals that Osama Bin Laden's papers are to go online.
01 May 2012
Police investigating the death of a vulnerable pensioner arrest a 31-year-old man on suspicion of murder.
01 May 2012
Martin Clayton, senior curator of the Royal Collection, shows Fergus Walsh some of the highlights from the largest ever exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of the human body.
01 May 2012
The Welsh government prepares a publicity offensive to explain its plans for the NHS after a report sets out the case for centralised services.
01 May 2012
One World Trade Center - the building replacing the twin towers destroyed on September 11th - has claimed the title of New York's tallest skyscraper, overtaking the Empire State Building.
01 May 2012
Water supplies are restored to about 500 properties in Fife after a mains pipe was damaged by contractors.
01 May 2012
The names of the first 100 albums of the late DJ John Peel's record collection are published online.
01 May 2012
Asthma UK Northern Ireland says around 40% of people here with the condition are underestimating their risk of having a potentially fatal attack.
01 May 2012
Barack Obama refuses to comment on the whereabouts of a Chinese dissident said to be at the US embassy in Beijing after fleeing house arrest.
01 May 2012
Sixth-formers should be given a chance to try out as teachers so that the brightest and best are encouraged into the profession, say MPs.
01 May 2012
The number of US babies born with symptoms of opiate withdrawal increased threefold between 2000 and 2009, new research shows.
01 May 2012
A family appeals for information on the BBC's Crimewatch for help in tracing the killer of a "gentle old boy" in Cambridgeshire.
01 May 2012
Stroke survivors are being denied the chance to make the best recovery because of a lack of post-hospital care in the UK, a report suggests.
01 May 2012
A parliamentary committee in Turkey is due to start work on the country's first fully civilian constitution, which is expected to curb the army's influence.
01 May 2012
A third of people with asthma are at a high risk of having a potentially fatal asthma attack, research based on an online test reveals.
30 April 2012
Mexican lawmakers pass a bill recognising and protecting the rights of crime victims, following a passionate campaign by victims' groups.
30 April 2012
Worker bees rebel when faced with the prospect of raising their nephews and nieces, research finds.
30 April 2012
The parents of a three-day-old girl who turned blue after she stopped breathing praise a phone operator and paramedics for saving her life.
30 April 2012
How Boko Haram attacks altered Nigerian town
30 April 2012
One World Trade Center, under construction at the site of the 9/11 attacks, becomes the tallest building in New York.
30 April 2012
Apple is facing a wider inquiry over its "4G" advertising of the latest iPad in the UK, the BBC understands.
30 April 2012
Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja and 20 other activists were convicted by a military court last year.
30 April 2012
The Olympics celebrates sport as a unifying force, but as London 2012 approaches British culture is also in the spotlight thanks to the Cultural Olympiad.
30 April 2012
Immigration officers from Manchester have been down to Heathrow as passengers arriving at Britain's premier airport report long delays.
30 April 2012
The wife of John Edwards' former aide weeps in court as she testifies of her role in efforts to hide the former presidential candidate's affair.
30 April 2012
A Peruvian policeman who had been missing for 17 days in the jungle after surviving a clash with Shining Path rebels is reunited with his family.
30 April 2012
The motorcycle was inside a container and was registered in the Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit by the tsunami last year.
30 April 2012
This has been the wettest April in the UK for over a century, with some areas seeing three times their usual monthly average, Met Office figures show.
30 April 2012
The family of leading Bahraini opposition activist Abdulhadi al-khawaja denounce the decision to retry him and 20 other activists.
30 April 2012
At least 11 people are killed in a bomb attack on a police convoy in north-eastern Nigeria, police say, a day after churches were targeted.
30 April 2012
Five major UK internet service providers are ordered by the High Court to prevent users from accessing popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.
30 April 2012
The refusal of Prime Minister David Cameron to order an inquiry into the conduct of his culture secretary demonstrates that he is "incapable of doing his duty", Labour leader Ed Miliband has alleged.
30 April 2012
Police say cannabis-growing in residential properties is soaring. But how can you spot a cannabis farm on your street?
30 April 2012
Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes and Noble's digital business, providing a boost to the Nook e-book reader.
30 April 2012
Former Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland will not return as an X Factor judge when the show resumes later this year, her spokesperson confirms.
30 April 2012
Minister Damian Green will make an emergency Commons statement later on lengthy immigration queues at Heathrow.
30 April 2012
Arsenal will sign German international striker Lukas Podolski from Cologne this summer, his current club confirm.
30 April 2012
A major fire breaks out at a seafront hotel in Cornwall operated by Best Western, causing the roof of the building to collapse.
30 April 2012
A team from the Kremlin Equestrian School is getting ready to display their stunt-riding skills as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant celebrations.
30 April 2012
Troops loyal to Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court, take control of two towns near Goma in eastern DR Congo after fierce fighting.
30 April 2012
Former Libyan oil minister Shukri Ghanem died by drowning, according to preliminary post-mortem results in Austria.
30 April 2012
The EU urges China to exercise 'restraint' in the case of escaped activist Chen Guangcheng, amid reports family members and associates have been rounded up.
30 April 2012
Seven people, including three children, have been killed after their car fell more than 50 feet into the grounds of the Bronx Zoo in New York.
30 April 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to file a complaint against a website that claimed Libya's Col Gaddafi offered to fund his 2007 election campaign.
30 April 2012
A lorry driver who drove a fuel tanker loaded with 2,000 litres of kerosene into the front of his family home in Dorset is jailed for seven years.
30 April 2012
William Hague announces £1.5m extra for the UK Foreign Office's human rights work, focusing on projects to promote freedom of expression online.
30 April 2012
China has moved a step closer to completing its own navigation and positioning satellite network Beidou with the launch of two more navigation satellites.
30 April 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi says she will take the Burmese parliamentary oath despite disputing the wording of it, as the UN's Ban Ki-moon urges political engagement.
30 April 2012
Four men arrested in Luton, Bedfordshire, last week are charged with a number of terrorism offences.
30 April 2012
MI6 officer Gareth Williams possibly died from poisoning or asphyxiation, a Home Office pathologist tells an inquest into the death.
30 April 2012
A witness in the trial of Moray man Nat Fraser who is accused of murdering his wife 14 years ago admits lying to police.
30 April 2012
A 39 year old county Londonderry man, Stephen Cahoon, has been found guilty of the murder of a woman pregnant with his child.
30 April 2012
A scientist who advises on the control of bovine TB resigns over the Welsh government's reversal of a planned badger cull.
30 April 2012
Australia lists the koala as a threatened species in parts of the country due to its dwindling population, officials say.
30 April 2012
A Welsh health board has become the first ever NHS body to be fined for a data protection breach after it released sensitive data about a patient to the wrong person.
30 April 2012
David Toole, who was born without legs, has been dancing professionally for 20 years and is set to perform as part of the London 2012 Festival.
30 April 2012
Changes to fishing quotas will in future be emailed or texted to fishing crews, prompting concerns from fishermen in Cornwall.
30 April 2012
A number of people are killed in twin explosions targeting security offices in the north-western Syrian city of Idlib, activists and state TV say.
30 April 2012
Harry Redknapp wishes Roy Hodgson well after the FA approaches the West Brom manager for the England manager role.
30 April 2012
Surface-to-air missiles could be deployed at five sites across London, as preparations begin for a major Olympics security exercise.
30 April 2012
Sportswear giant Adidas says that "commercial irregularities" at its Reebok unit in India could cost the firm up to 125m euros ($165m, £101m).
30 April 2012
The Badminton Horse Trials, which would have served as a key Olympic build-up event, are cancelled because of heavy rain.
30 April 2012
More than a hundred flood alerts remain in place across the country today including the south-west of England.
30 April 2012
It is 60 years since Mr Potato Head starred in the world's first television toy advert. Did the plastic spud unleash the era of pester power?
30 April 2012
Scotland and Blackburn striker David Goodwillie is handed a 12-month probation order for assaulting a man in Glasgow city centre.
30 April 2012
The world-renowned Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire are cancelled because the ground is waterlogged after heavy rain.
30 April 2012
Pressure mounts on the German government to boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine over the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
30 April 2012
Campaigners call on the government to say how many onshore wind turbines will be built in England, while the wind power industry says local opponents already have enough of a voice.
30 April 2012
Britain's Got Talent edges ahead in ratings battle with BBC One's The Voice, a week after the ITV talent show was moved to avoid a head-on clash.
30 April 2012
A pensioner dies after confronting a burglar at his home in the Mountsandel area of Coleraine.
30 April 2012
Friends and family of Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident who escaped from house arrest, are being put under great pressure by the authorities and some of them have been detained.
30 April 2012
Carlos Tevez wants to stay with Manchester City and insists he has resolved his problems with manager Roberto Mancini.
30 April 2012
A Google employee told colleagues, including a senior manager, about plans to collect personal data from people's home wi-fi, a report says.
30 April 2012
Teen pop star Justin Bieber talks to the BBC's Susanna Reid about the making of his new album Believe, why he is keeping its tracks a secret and why he will follow her on on Twitter.
30 April 2012
Spain is back in recession after the economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter, official figures show.
30 April 2012
The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) and Renewable UK debate whether it is too easy to get planning permission for wind farms
30 April 2012
A senior police officer says those behind a 600lbs bomb found at the border near Newry had a "destructive, murderous intent".
30 April 2012
One of the top judges in the family court division, Sir Paul Coleridge, explains why he is launching a campaign to promote marriage.
30 April 2012
Pop star Robbie Williams will perform at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert, to be staged by Gary Barlow at Buckingham Palace on 4 June.
30 April 2012
Insurance giant Aviva announces it will look again at how much it pays new senior executives after concerns expressed by shareholders.
30 April 2012
The search for an eight-year-old boy who went missing after falling into the River Wear in County Durham enters a fourth day.
30 April 2012
The NHS is opening its first dedicated clinic offering highly specialised treatment and rehabilitation for injuries suffered by dancers.
30 April 2012
The Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks will cut 1,400 jobs by 2015, their owner has announced.
30 April 2012
Bahrain hunger striker al-Khawaja - jailed for life by a military court - is to get a retrial in a civil court, the appeal court rules.
30 April 2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges Burma's president and its opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to work as partners on a path to change.
30 April 2012
Detectives in Cardiff continue their hunt for the killer of an elderly man with learning difficulties.
30 April 2012
Manchester City and Manchester United know Monday's derby is likely to have a major influence on the destiny of the title.
30 April 2012
Charities across Wales are beginning to benefit from donations made as a result of the 5p charge placed on carrier bags in Wales.
30 April 2012
Tayside Police are treating the discovery of a body in a house at Mossgiel Crescent in Dundee as murder.
30 April 2012
A post-mortem examination is to be carried out later on the body of a woman found in County Fermanagh.
30 April 2012
A new report recommends using post offices in Northern Ireland to their full potential.
30 April 2012
The UK waters are warmer than usual, with marine experts calling on the public to report sightings of basking sharks this summer.
30 April 2012
The International Committee of the Red Cross says it had been negotiating with the kidnappers of UK aid worker Khalil Dale before he was killed.
30 April 2012
Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, is commissioning a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic.
30 April 2012
UK-based pensioners educate Indian children via Skype
30 April 2012
Mobile firm Everything Everywhere has launched a campaign to pressure politicians to deliver the rollout of 4G services.
30 April 2012
Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda is meeting US President Barack Obama in Washington to boost ties amid tension over North Korea's recent rocket launch.
30 April 2012
The charity Macmillan Cancer Support says it is concerned that many women do not protect themselves against sunburn.
30 April 2012
A new portrait of the Duke of Edinburgh goes on display this week, depicting him in his role as Colonel in Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars
30 April 2012
A specialist NHS dance injury clinic is about to open as part of a new National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science
30 April 2012
The International Labour Organization warns that the global employment situation is "alarming" and unlikely to improve soon.
30 April 2012
A countryside pressure group is calling on the government to say how many more onshore wind turbines will be built and where they will be located.
30 April 2012
The US has sent 100 special forces soldiers to the Central African Republic to help co-ordinate the fight against the Lords' Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony.
30 April 2012
Experts ask the public to report any summer sightings of basking sharks in UK waters, but to keep a "respectful and legal distance".
30 April 2012
Can cities seeking mayors look to twins for inspiration?
30 April 2012
Tewkesbury, which was devastated by flooding five years ago, is on alert again following heavy rainfall and rising river levels.
30 April 2012
The UN Secretary General has said the winds of change are blowing in Burma but more needs to be done to achieve democracy.
30 April 2012
The Ugandan army says the Lord's Resistance Army led by Joseph Kony is being supported and supplied by the Sudanese government.
30 April 2012
The government is setting up a national task force to tackle "beds in sheds" housing illegal immigrants and which are run by criminal landlords.
30 April 2012
Police are set to clamp down on troublemakers ahead of the Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium.
30 April 2012
Scientists in Peru are told told to investigate the mysterious deaths of hundreds of pelicans on the coast in the north of the country.
29 April 2012
Syria's UN observer mission head warns that even 1,000 observers could not stop the violence in the country, so peace must be a joint effort.
29 April 2012
A piece of Edinburgh history is up for grabs as more than 20 of the capital's police boxes are put up for sale.
29 April 2012
Stoke manager Tony Pulis and Match of the Day 2 pundits Mark Lawrenson and Dion Dublin give their views on the Football Association's decision to talk to West Brom boss Roy Hodgson about the vacant England manager's position. Available to UK users only.
29 April 2012
The civil service pension scheme has become the government's first mutualised Whitehall service, a move which ministers say will increase productivity and save taxpayers money.
29 April 2012
Expanded protection that automatically covers UK holidaymakers if an operator collapses has come into force.
29 April 2012
A rise in the cost of stamps - taking the cost of first-class to 60p - has come into force after weeks of stockpiling by some consumers.
29 April 2012
The ultimate fighting fish brings riches to some
29 April 2012
Norwegian Maj Gen Robert Mood, who will command a 300-strong contingent of UN observers in Syria, has arrived in Damascus.
29 April 2012
More than 21 cannabis factories were found each day in Britain last year, police chiefs say, as they warn of a "significant risk" to the UK.
29 April 2012
Wind farms can affect weather in their immediate locality, raising night-time temperatures on the ground, researchers confirm.
29 April 2012
A man being hunted by police after he was suspected of killing two people in their own homes has been arrested.
29 April 2012
Three sailors die and a fourth is missing during a California yacht race, only weeks after another fatal accident off the same coast.
29 April 2012
Sudan declares a state of emergency along its border with South Sudan, local media reports say, amid rising tensions between the two countries.
29 April 2012
West Brom give the Football Association permission to speak to Roy Hodgson about the vacant England manager's position.
29 April 2012
The body of former Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem is found in the Danube River near the Austrian capital, Vienna, police say.
29 April 2012
A reporter for an investigative magazine in Mexico is found dead in her house, police say they believe she was murdered.
29 April 2012
Signs of a revolt against eurozone austerity gather pace
29 April 2012
Roy Hodgson exclusively tells BBC Sport he would "be delighted" to become the next England manager, in an interview given before the FA's approach.
29 April 2012
Labour wants a Commons statement from David Cameron on Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the row over contacts with News Corporation.
29 April 2012
The French foreign minister says a French journalist who went missing after a clash between Colombia's Farc rebels and soldiers has been "abducted".
29 April 2012
Sudan has reportedly declared a state of emergency along its border with South Sudan after weeks of clashes.
29 April 2012
Dwain Chambers is free to compete at the Olympics after a court overturns the BOA's lifetime ban on drug cheats.
29 April 2012
Tottenham move up to fourth in the Premier League as they beat a Blackburn side whose relegation fears increase with the defeat.
29 April 2012
Britain's Bradley Wiggins clinches the Tour de Romandie after producing a sensational time trial in Crans-Montana.
29 April 2012
Holders Leinster stay on course for their third Heineken Cup success in four years by beating Clermont Auvergne.
29 April 2012
Campaigners against the so-called "pasty tax" take part in a protest in Cornwall.
29 April 2012
Labour's Ed Balls says Britain faces a "lost decade-style" period of slow growth, days after official figures showed the economy returned to recession.
29 April 2012
Australia's drought at official end after nine parched years
29 April 2012
Police say they believe a man and a woman found shot in the head near a golf course in Crook, County Durham, were related.
29 April 2012
In-form striker Fernando Torres scores a hat-trick as ruthless Chelsea smash six goals past relegation-threatened QPR.
29 April 2012
The search continues for Ian Bell, an eight-year-old boy who is missing after falling into the River Wear in County Durham.
29 April 2012
Koalas could become listed as threatened species in certain areas of Australia due to development, mining and logging.
29 April 2012
Labour calls for an examination of the role of an adviser to Scotland's first minister and his dealings with News Corporation.
29 April 2012
Casey Stoner holds off a determined challenge from Jorge Lorenzo to win the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, with Dani Pedrosa third.
29 April 2012
The victim stabbing in a Birmingham street is stable after undergoing emergency surgery for multiple wounds.
29 April 2012
Western Power say about 5,000 homes have lost power in Swansea, Cardiff and east Wales due to stormy weather.
29 April 2012
Police are urging people to check neighbours and friends are okay after the arrest of a double murder suspect who went on the run.
29 April 2012
A gun and bomb attack at a university in northern Nigeria leaves at least 15 people dead and others injured, witnesses.
29 April 2012
Detectives say an elderly man with learning difficulties was stabbed to death in the hallway of his home in Cardiff in what they call a "despicable" murder.
29 April 2012
Meredith Kercher's father appeals to her murderer to "come clean" and reveal what really happened the night she was stabbed to death.
29 April 2012
A racing driver dies in a crash at Goodwood motor racing circuit after apparently losing control of her sports car and hitting a tyre wall, Sussex Police say.
29 April 2012
A data breach by Islington Council leads to people reported for anti-social behaviour and drug taking getting information on those who complained.
29 April 2012
A British aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan has been found dead, the Foreign Office says.
29 April 2012
Independence Day director Roland Emmerich has won six awards in his native Germany for his Shakespeare mystery Anonymous.
29 April 2012
A Catholic priest who "inadvertently" showed indecent images during a presentation at a primary school in County Tyrone asks to take sabbatical leave.
29 April 2012
Saudi officials say they have no suspicions about the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's widows and children, who arrived in the kingdom last week.
29 April 2012
Two men are arrested and weapons and cash are seized after an armed robbery at a Brighton massage parlour in the early hours.
29 April 2012
The prime minister says he did not have any "grand deal" with the Murdochs to support their interests in return for them backing the Conservatives.
29 April 2012
US President Barack Obama has been showing his lighter side, entertaining an audience at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
29 April 2012
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, says the prime minister is behaving immorally by putting the needs of the rich ahead of ordinary people affected by the recession.
29 April 2012
Talking Samuel Beckett in ruins of bombed Syrian town
29 April 2012
Director Peter Jackson defends the new filming technique revealed in the Hobbit footage, which some critics have called 'uncinematic'.
29 April 2012
Argentine oil firm YPF vows to keep providing supplies as the dispute over its forced nationalisation continues.
29 April 2012
Police are hunting for three teenagers after a 12-year-old boy is robbed of his iPhone 4S in a play park in Dundee.
29 April 2012
At least one person is killed and 10 are wounded in a suspected grenade attack on a church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, police say.
29 April 2012
EastEnders has won seven British Soap Awards including best British soap.
29 April 2012
People hit by Baedeker bombings share their memories
29 April 2012
A 28-year-old motorcyclist dies after a crash involving a van on a road in the far north of Scotland.
29 April 2012
A police investigation has started after a woman's body is found in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
29 April 2012
A seaside resort in the North of England has become a magnet for goths who descend on the town twice a year.
29 April 2012
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp says Luka Modric may leave White Hart Lane when the transfer window opens.
29 April 2012
UN head Ban Ki-moon is making a landmark visit to Burma to meet Aung San Suu Kyi and encourage the government to make further democratic reforms.
29 April 2012
BBC Weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at the forecast for Sunday as the Environment Agency warns of floods.
29 April 2012
A man being hunted by police after he was suspected of killing two people in their own homes is arrested.
29 April 2012
Concern is growing in China for relatives and friends of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who escaped from house arrest last week.
29 April 2012
There was a rare combination of British Royalty and Hollywood stars last night when Prince Charles and actor Robert Redford met at the Sundance London film and music festival.
29 April 2012
The UK's richest people have defied the double-dip recession to become even richer over the past year, according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List.
29 April 2012
The Ministry of Defence says it is evaluating sites for surface-to-air missiles for the Olympic Games, and could place them at residential flats.
29 April 2012
Business tycoon Sir Terry Matthews is once again Wales' richest person, with an annual survey estimating his wealth at £1.09bn.
29 April 2012
Scotland's most senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, has accused the prime minister of acting immorally by favouring the rich ahead of ordinary citizens affected by the recession.
29 April 2012
Scores of protestors staging a sit-in to demonstrate against the barring of a presidential candidate are injured in clashes in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
29 April 2012
An 86-year-old Yorkshire man, Brendon Grimshaw may have lived alone for many years on the tiny island paradise of Moyenne in the Seychelles in the middle of the Indian Ocean since he bought it in 1962 for £8000, but he is rarely lonely.
29 April 2012
A French journalist goes missing as Colombia's Farc rebels kill four soldiers trying to destroy cocaine laboratories in the southern Caqueta region.
29 April 2012
Scotland's most senior Roman Catholic accuses David Cameron of immorality over tax policy and calls for more aid for the poor.
29 April 2012
It is 20 years since the Los Angeles riots, which were triggered by the acquittal of four LA police officers over the beating of 26-year-old black man Rodney King.
29 April 2012
The Ministry of Defence says it is still evaluating sites to place surface-to-air missiles for the Olympic Games, and is considering placing them at residential flats.
29 April 2012
Lebanon's navy is holding a ship it says was carrying a large consignment of arms and ammunition thought to be destined for Syrian rebels.
29 April 2012
President Barack Obama has spoken at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner and joked about a number of public figures, including rival Mitt Romney.
29 April 2012
The Environment Agency warns of flooding, with downpours forecast for much of England and Wales over the weekend and next week.
29 April 2012
William and Kate's first year of married life.
29 April 2012
Labour calls for an examination of the role of an adviser to Scotland's first minister and his dealings with News Corporation.
29 April 2012
The European Union foreign policy chief, Baroness Ashton, has said the world must help Burma make its journey towards democracy "irreversible".
28 April 2012
Two more teenagers are arrested in connection with the stabbing of a man in a Birmingham street.
28 April 2012
Six-year-old aims to be world's youngest IT expert
28 April 2012
The leader of last month's coup in Mali rejects the decision by the West African regional body Ecowas to send troops to the country.
28 April 2012
Officials in South Sudan say China has agreed to loan it $8bn (£4.9bn) for major development projects, following a presidential visit to Beijing.
28 April 2012
The Metropolitan Police charge a man with possession of a weapon, false imprisonment and making a bomb hoax after a siege in central London.
28 April 2012
Two actors in a film about escaping Cuba emerge a week after disappearing on the way to a New York film festival, saying they will seek asylum in the US.
28 April 2012
The UK's richest people are getting even wealthier despite the recession, according to the 2012 Sunday Times Rich List.
28 April 2012
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish praises Luis Suarez, who scores a hat-trick as the Reds win comfortably at Norwich.
28 April 2012
Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki goes on national TV to dispel persistent rumours that he is dead or ailing.
28 April 2012
A British soldier fatally shot in southern Afghanistan on Friday has been named as Guardsman Michael Roland, from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.
28 April 2012
Ulster beat brave Edinburgh to set up a Heineken Cup final against Leinster or Clermont-Auvergne on 19 May.
28 April 2012
An eight-year-old boy who is missing after falling into the River Wear in County Durham is named by police.
28 April 2012
After beating Newcastle 4-0, Wigan boss Roberto Martinez says his side have come through the "biggest month in our history".
28 April 2012
Stephen Hendry believes he can win an eighth World Championship title after his crushing second-round win over John Higgins.
28 April 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy rejects claims by Dominique Strauss-Kahn that his party was behind the ex-IMF chief's downfall, as he continues to trail in the polls.
28 April 2012
Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba thanks fans and team-mates for their support on Twitter after his cardiac arrest.
28 April 2012
Claims that the Catholic Education Service has encouraged school pupils to sign an anti-gay marriage petition are to be investigated.
28 April 2012
Three foreigners have been detained in the disputed Sudan-South Sudan border area and flown to Khartoum, military officials say.
28 April 2012
Police have said that the bomb found at the border near Newry contained 600 pounds of explosives and was fully primed. The device, which had been placed in an abandoned van on the Fathom Line, was discovered on Thursday.
28 April 2012
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway believes it is hard to predict the winner of this season's Championship play-offs.
28 April 2012
An air ambulance lands on the pitch at Kidderminster Harriers to pick up a player who was knocked unconscious during the game.
28 April 2012
Wigan move three points clear of the relegation zone with a win that dents Newcastle's hopes of a top-four finish.
28 April 2012
Joel Monaghan claims a hat-trick as Warrington come from behind at the Halliwell Jones to reach the Challenge Cup quarter-finals.
28 April 2012
The Saudi embassy and consulates in Egypt are closed following protests over an Egyptian lawyer who has been detained in Saudi Arabia.
28 April 2012
The UK Border Force says it is "fully prepared to manage busy periods" like the Olympics despite criticism over delays at Heathrow Airport.
28 April 2012
Southampton manager Nigel Adkins says the club will "need a certain calibre of player" in the Premier League next season.
28 April 2012
Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei launches his "Constitutional Party" which he hopes will bring him to power in Egypt in four years time.
28 April 2012
The bodies of a man and a woman are found shot in the head near a golf course in Crook, County Durham.
28 April 2012
A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan has killed 10 members of the country's security forces, officials say.
28 April 2012
More than 5,000 cyclists take part in a rally aimed at persuading London's mayoral candidates to put their safety on the agenda.
28 April 2012
Southampton are promoted to the Premier League following a comprehensive four-goal victory over Coventry City at St Mary's.
28 April 2012
Israel's ex-security chief says his country's leadership is "misleading the public" in saying a military strike on Iran would stop it obtaining nuclear weapons.
28 April 2012
Police launch a murder investigation following the death of a man in the Roath area of Cardiff on Saturday.
28 April 2012
Chelsea agree to sign Werder Bremen midfielder Marko Marin.
28 April 2012
A pair of 5ft (1.5m) long-johns, along with shorts and a nightshirt, belonging to a man known as the English Giant are sold at auction.
28 April 2012
David Cameron is to wait for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry before deciding whether he broke ministerial rules.
28 April 2012
Katie Price is to be married for the third time after getting engaged to Leandro Penna.
28 April 2012
The posters that helped make Raleigh a household name
28 April 2012
Gareth Bale admits he will consider his future at Tottenham if they fail to qualify for next season's Champions League.
28 April 2012
Syrian troops have killed 10 people north of the capital Damascus, activists say, amid reports of a separate sea raid by rebel fighters.
28 April 2012
Dairy farmers in Wales say a decision to cut the amount they are paid for milk with just four days' notice will hit them hard.
28 April 2012
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says Manchester United will win the Premier League - even if City win the derby.
28 April 2012
The children who run to school in hope of a better life
28 April 2012
A man is cautioned by police for harassment after posting 250 blogs on a website under the false name of a serving Essex Police officer.
28 April 2012
New York's pastry master reveals his secrets
28 April 2012
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is under "US protection" in Beijing after his dramatic escape from house arrest, a US-based rights group says.
28 April 2012
Three teenagers are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Birmingham after a man suffered multiple stab wounds.
28 April 2012
It is understood a bomb left just outside Newry contained 500 pounds of explosives.
28 April 2012
An underwater search and rescue team joins the search for an eight-year-old boy missing since falling into the River Wear in County Durham.
28 April 2012
The Unite union claims up to 53 porters at Billingsgate fish market could lose their jobs when the 300-year-old system employing them is axed.
28 April 2012
Two women are killed and six others are injured in a road accident in Staffordshire.
28 April 2012
Ulster rugby fans will make their way to Dublin later for the biggest game the side has faced since 1999.
28 April 2012
The Leveson inquiry rejects Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's bid to bring forward his testimony, amid a row over his handling of the proposed BSkyB takeover.
28 April 2012
A double murder suspect at the centre of a manhunt is urged to give himself up by the detective leading the inquiry.
28 April 2012
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Jack Wilshere may not be fit for the start of the 2012-13 season.
28 April 2012
China's National Theatre is performing for the first time overseas at the Globe Theatre in London.
28 April 2012
Malaysian riot police have fired tear gas and used water cannon on a crowd of protesters who had converged on the centre of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
28 April 2012
A bomb which was found under a parked car in a garage in north Belfast has been made safe.
28 April 2012
Malaysian riot police fired tear gas and water cannon on a crowd of at least 25,000 protesters seeking electoral reform in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
28 April 2012
The trial of former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko, accused of tax evasion charges, is delayed after she refuses to attend for health reasons.
28 April 2012
Police say long jail sentences for a gang who tried to smuggle cannabis into the south Wales valleys sends a strong message to criminals.
28 April 2012
The Vulcan bomber is being remembered thirty years since one was used in a Falklands raid carried out by the RAF.
28 April 2012
The European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meets pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma before opening an office in Rangoon.
28 April 2012
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says he would not accept a further £10bn of welfare cuts.
28 April 2012
A man being sought over two murders in the North East of England knew one of the victims, police have said.
28 April 2012
A study suggests secondary school pupils in England are not eating enough food at lunchtime.
28 April 2012
A green-feathered headdress said to have belonged to the last Aztec emperor could return to Mexico from Austria after the senate changed its rules.
28 April 2012
Boats made of paper and cardboard have aided preparations for an assault by Royal Marines as part of the finale to war games.
28 April 2012
Hundreds of Rangers fans are expected to take part in a march to Hampden aimed at showing their support for the crisis-hit club.
28 April 2012
A record number of people are turning to charities to help them feed their families.
28 April 2012
A trial using electricity to shrink the hearts of patients who are suffering from heart failure is about to start in Liverpool.
28 April 2012
The US Secret Service tightens rules on drinking and behaviour on foreign trips, as it battles with the fallout from a sex scandal in Colombia.
28 April 2012
A boxing match will take place at the Royal Albert Hall 13 years after the London venue lost its licence to host boxing and wrestling.
28 April 2012
A new music award is presented in Liverpool to highlight the city's thriving music scene and prove there is more to Liverpool than The Beatles.
28 April 2012
Life of a man so tall he could light his cigar from a street lamp
27 April 2012
Why are the Taliban talking about cricket?
27 April 2012
Hundreds of indigenous Bolivians are on a second long march in protest at government plans to build a road through the Amazon rainforest.
27 April 2012
Students at the University of Colorado in Boulder spotted a bear roaming near their Bear Creek Apartments accommodation block, before he climbed up a tree, where he was tranquilised back down to earth by a ranger.
27 April 2012
Two of the UK's biggest banks admit that some customers have been denied their legal right to cancel recurring payments, reports Radio 4's Money Box.
27 April 2012
Can a single formula be blamed for the financial crash?
27 April 2012
Has Killing star lost patience with sulky Sarah Lund?
27 April 2012
A US jury convicts a Somali man of piracy for serving as a hostage negotiator in the hijacking of a US yacht where all four on board were killed.
27 April 2012
Long queues were persisting at Heathrow Airport passport control on Friday evening, BAA has confirmed.
27 April 2012
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Khan says opponents planned his downfall from a sex scandal to stop his French presidential bid, days before the run-off.
27 April 2012
The authorities in Colombia say left-wing Farc rebels have killed eight people including a baby in two separate attacks in the south of the country.
27 April 2012
Troops in Guinea-Bissau free former PM Carlos Gomes Junior and interim President Raimundo Pereira, seized in a coup earlier this month.
27 April 2012
Police find a number of guns and ammunition during in operation in north Belfast to combat dissident republican terrorism.
27 April 2012
A judge rules against raising bail for George Zimmerman, charged with killing Trayvon Martin, despite receiving $200,00 from donors.
27 April 2012
Father Brian D'Arcy says he will continue to comment on controversial issues affecting the Catholic Church despite being disciplined by the Vatican.
27 April 2012
China dissident Chen Guangcheng has fled to the US embassy in Beijing after a dramatic escape from house arrest, says fellow activist Hu Jia.
27 April 2012
Sprinter Dwain Chambers and cyclist David Millar will discover on Monday if they can compete for Team GB at London 2012.
27 April 2012
Lengthy queues at Heathrow Airport passport control are called "unacceptable" by airport owner BAA and prompt MPs to demand an explanation from the immigration minister.
27 April 2012
The Eritrean government denies persistent rumours that President Isaias Afewerki is dead, telling the BBC he is in 'robust health'.
27 April 2012
A man has been arrested after London's Tottenham Court Road was evacuated amid reports of a bomb threat.
27 April 2012
US economic growth slowed to an annualised pace of 2.2% in the first quarter of the year, from 3% in the final three months of last year.
27 April 2012
One of the last live recordings by jazz legend Louis Armstrong, performing shortly before his death against the advice of his doctors, is made public.
27 April 2012
A soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards serving in Afghanistan dies from a gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence says.
27 April 2012
The nephew of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is reported to have agreed to stand down as head of the Presidential Guard.
27 April 2012
A body representing UK universities has warned it is vital that government plans do not end up reducing overall student numbers in the sector.
27 April 2012
Despite suggestions to the contrary, Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton's will to win remains as strong as ever
27 April 2012
Why Antonio Valencia and David Silva hold the key to Monday's all-Manchester title showdown
27 April 2012
Arsenal are yet to propose a date for contract talks with Robin van Persie as he considers delaying any decision on his future.
27 April 2012
The government says there were "serious failings" in the financial management of a trust running academy schools in Lincolnshire.
27 April 2012
A man is arrested after buildings around London's Tottenham Court Road were evacuated amid reports of a bomb threat.
27 April 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg defends 'downright unpopular' coalition policies in an interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson.
27 April 2012
Nintendo players may soon be able to buy games for their 3DS handheld device digitally on the same day as they are released in stores.
27 April 2012
Anton Ferdinand says he will not let any off-field factors affect his performance when his QPR side meet Chelsea on Sunday.
27 April 2012
Nasa's test shuttle Enterprise has flown over New York, taking an aerial tour of some of Manhattan's most famous landmarks, on the journey to its new home.
27 April 2012
Profile of Hama, at centre of Syria's crackdown on dissent
27 April 2012
US pop star Lady Gaga kicks off her Born This Way Ball tour with a concert in Seoul that fans under the age of 18 had been forbidden to attend.
27 April 2012
Two men are jailed for seven years each after 114 burglaries across Wales and England, which a judge calls "serious, organised gang crime".
27 April 2012
The space shuttle Enterprise makes a fly-by of the Statue of Liberty and other New York City landmarks on its way to its new museum home.
27 April 2012
Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola intends to take a break from football after leaving this summer and will not join Chelsea.
27 April 2012
Paul Murray's Blue Knights and Sale Sharks owner Brian Kennedy join forces to submit a new bid to take control of Rangers.
27 April 2012
Lloyds Banking Group says it has ended its exclusivity agreement with the Co-operative Group over the sale of 632 bank branches.
27 April 2012
Harry Redknapp says Vedran Corluka's claim that a lack of squad rotation is to blame for Tottenham's slide is "nonsense".
27 April 2012
A new study of DNA from ancient remains provides further evidence that farming was spread to Europe by a wave of migrants.
27 April 2012
Pop star Kylie Minogue will headline this summer's Proms In The Park concert, where she will be backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
27 April 2012
Three men arrested in Copenhagen are suspected of plotting to carry out an "act of terror", intelligence officials say.
27 April 2012
Two men who sent suspect packages to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two other prominent followers of the club are sentenced.
27 April 2012
Police have said they are mounting a 24-7 operation in the search for a man wanted in connection with two murders.
27 April 2012
Actor Colin Firth says he felt "a little overwhelmed" by the enormity of the story to be told in his latest film The Railway Man.
27 April 2012
A bird of prey tries to snatch a woman's dog as she walks across a field near her home in Berkshire.
27 April 2012
A third party must have been involved in putting MI6 officer Gareth Williams in the padlocked bag in which his body was found, an expert witness believes.
27 April 2012
The Queen hails a "sense of pride" and "undimmed optimism" of the Welsh people after a second day touring to mark the Diamond Jubilee.
27 April 2012
Malawi's new leader Joyce Banda sacks her foreign minister, Peter Mutharika, the brother of the late president who had been anointed as his successor.
27 April 2012
A man who sold counterfeit medicines including Viagra has been told to hand over more than £14m by Southwark Crown Court.
27 April 2012
The mother of an 18-year-old shot in both legs in Londonderry says she believes he was targeted because he was a drug user.
27 April 2012
US carmaker Ford reports lower quarterly profits following weak sales in Europe and higher tax charges.
27 April 2012
Footage of separate attempts by two men to lock themselves into a bag has been shown at the inquest into the death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams.
27 April 2012
A former Nottinghamshire union leader is jailed for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a miners' charity.
27 April 2012
Former News of the World journalist Neville Thurlbeck will not be prosecuted over the suspected intimidation of a witness relating to the police's phone-hacking scandal.
27 April 2012
Four explosions rock the city of Dnipropetrovsk in eastern Ukraine, injuring at least 27 people.
27 April 2012
An explosion hits the centre of the Syrian capital Damascus, with one local TV station reporting three people have been killed.
27 April 2012
Stephen Hendry wins three successive frames to lead John Higgins 5-3 after the opening session of their World Championship second round match.
27 April 2012
Nat Fraser confessed that he murdered his wife Arlene Fraser 14 years ago, a witness tells his trial.
27 April 2012
Dutch people reflect on tourist cannabis cafe ban
27 April 2012
A man who was cleared of raping a McDonald's worker in 1986 is jailed for eight years after DNA advances produce new evidence.
27 April 2012
Children bullied during their early years are up to three times more likely to self harm than their classmates when they reach adolescence, a study suggests.
27 April 2012
The Palestinian Authority's communications minister resigns, claiming it is moving to silence its critics by blocking access to opposition websites.
27 April 2012
UK engineers begin critical tests on the innovative Sabre engine technology that is designed to take a spaceplane into orbit in a single flight stage.
27 April 2012
A crisis in funding care for the elderly could lead to closure of parks, libraries and public toilets, according to the leaders of nearly every council in England and Wales.
27 April 2012
Two men who sent suspect packages to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two high-profile fans are jailed for five years.
27 April 2012
A group of brain cells in pigeons are shown sense details of magnetic fields, a major find in the long-standing question of how they navigate.
27 April 2012
Margaret Moran, the former Labour MP for Luton South, is not fit to stand trial, a court is told.
27 April 2012
A man is jailed for 10 years for killing another man who agreed to be stabbed as part of a revenge pact.
27 April 2012
Why did the death of Claire Squires strike such a chord?
27 April 2012
The holding company of Championship club Birmingham fails for a fourth time to file its financial results for the year to 30 June 2011.
27 April 2012
The UK has seen a dramatic change in the weather in the past few days, changing from drought warnings to flood alerts.
27 April 2012
Jeremy Clarkson loses a legal battle in a dispute over public access to a path near his Isle of Man lighthouse property.
27 April 2012
A judge in the Netherlands upholds a new ban on foreign tourists entering Dutch cannabis cafes, in a bid to cut cross-border crime.
27 April 2012
Jeremy Hunt has said he will hand over all correspondence with his special adviser over the Sky takeover bid to the Leveson Inquiry amid pressure for a separate probe into his conduct.
27 April 2012
New rules designed to stop protesters sleeping near the Houses of Parliament are upheld in a High Court ruling.
27 April 2012
The BBC says it received nearly 500 complaints over last week's episode of Silent Witness, with people saying the show was "too violent".
27 April 2012
Police warn officials from Pakistan International Airlines after claims that cabin crew have been caught shoplifting from city centre stores in Manchester.
27 April 2012
Ticketus withdraw their commitment to funding a takeover of Rangers, as Paul Murray and Brian Kennedy discuss a joint bid.
27 April 2012
The chief inspector of Scottish prisons calls for the creation of behaviour units in more schools to prevent young people ending up in jail.
27 April 2012
Police increase the reward for information on the murders of a family of four in Northamptonshire to £25,000.
27 April 2012
An Australian ex-firefighter is jailed for 17 years and nine months for starting what became known as a "Black Saturday" blaze that killed 10 in 2009.
27 April 2012
One of China's best known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, escapes house arrest and releases a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
27 April 2012
Three men arrested by police investigating the alleged naming of a rape victim on Twitter are released on bail.
27 April 2012
Police hunting James Allen over the murders of two people cordon off a Middlesbrough street as part of their search.
27 April 2012
Spanish unemployment hits a new record high of 5.64 million, official figures show, hours after the country's debt rating was downgraded.
27 April 2012
Microsoft has rushed out a fix for a serious bug that affected its Hotmail webmail service.
27 April 2012
The family of an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after eating a KFC chicken meal is awarded $8.3m (£5.1m) in damages.
27 April 2012
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini hints that Mario Balotelli could face Manchester United on Monday.
27 April 2012
Universal Pictures, which has created some of the most famous movie moments in history, including King Kong, ET, and Psycho, is celebrating a century of film-making.
27 April 2012
A paramilitary-style shooting in Londonderry was deliberately timed ahead of a rally against a dissident republican group, claims one of its organisers.
27 April 2012
One of China's best known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, escapes house arrest and releases a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
27 April 2012
Retired British businessman Christopher Tappin has been speaking about his extradition to the US, describing the experience which included 10 days in solitary confinement as "terrible".
27 April 2012
Paddy O'Connell delves into the Olympic sport of sailing. Leaving London behind, he visits the sailing venue in Weymouth on England's south coast and takes to the water.
27 April 2012
Singer Bob Dylan is to receive America's highest civilian honour, the Medal Of Freedom.
27 April 2012
Previous earthquakes that rivalled the March 2011 Tohoku tremor in size may be recorded in sediment samples just recovered from the seafloor off Japan.
27 April 2012
The exams regulator halts seminars on specific GCSEs and A-levels in England after claims unfair information was being passed on.
27 April 2012
A retired UK businessman extradited to the US on charges of plotting to sell weapons parts to Iran says he will vigorously contest the claim.
27 April 2012
A movie about Cuban boat people, whose stars have gone missing, wins three prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival.
27 April 2012
Residents who fear their homes could be affected if plans to build two new tunnels on the M4 go ahead, are due to attend a public meeting.
27 April 2012
China decides "in principle" to build a supply dock on one of the islands it disputes with Vietnam in the South China Sea.
27 April 2012
Representatives of more than 40 countries will gather in Dublin later for a high-profile conference examining the lessons of Northern Ireland for resolving conflicts.
27 April 2012
Greece should not have joined the euro, a former head of the Bundesbank who was closely involved in eurozone policymaking tells the BBC.
27 April 2012
The United States agrees to move thousands of Marines based in Okinawa out of Japan to Hawaii, Guam and other locations in Asia.
27 April 2012
Soaps are often seen as shallow and addictive melodramas, but there many examples that have set out to change society, and succeeded.
27 April 2012
Lady Gaga has had her Seoul concert re-rated as only suitable for over 18s, by South Korea's Media Rating Board.
27 April 2012
The US Secret Service is looking into allegations its employees paid for strippers and prostitutes in El Salvador ahead of a presidential visit.
27 April 2012
The European Space Agency is to launch a daring space mission to study the Sun, in order to get a new insight into how the star works.
27 April 2012
Pakistan has deported the wives and children of Osama Bin laden.
27 April 2012
More than half of Europe's development aid budget is going to "relatively rich" countries like Turkey and Serbia, MPs warn.
27 April 2012
The Transport Select Committee says it is "disappointed" that the government has ruled out any immediate extra money to help tackle cable theft on the railways.
27 April 2012
Avengers characters prepare to assemble on big screen
27 April 2012
Samsung Electronics says profits rose 81%, boosted by smartphone sales and increased profitability at its display panel unit.
27 April 2012
A Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested on suspicion of racial abuse, the force says.
27 April 2012
A bill allowing access to private web data on suspicion of a cyber threat passes the US House of Representatives, despite a White House veto threat.
27 April 2012
A father and son's love for their threatened allotment
27 April 2012
Campaigners and human rights groups welcome a UN-backed special court's guilty verdict against the former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.
27 April 2012
A-level science exams do not contain enough maths to allow students to study the subjects at university, say experts.
27 April 2012
Horrific crimes, such as the Anders Breivik case, illustrate the misconceptions the public has about mental illness, a leading expert says.
26 April 2012
West African leaders agree to send troops immediately to Mali and Guinea-Bissau to monitor transitions to civilian rule following their coups.
26 April 2012
A 1940s steam locomotive arrives at a Dorset seaside resort later, 46 years after it was banned from travelling along the route because of its bulk.
26 April 2012
Both candidates in France's presidential run-off - Socialist Francois Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy - appear on TV, 10 days before the vote.
26 April 2012
First Minister Alex Salmond is accused of trying to "cover-up" a meeting he had with Rupert Murdoch in New York.
26 April 2012
A teenager has been injured in a paramilitary-style shooting in County Londonderry.
26 April 2012
US taxpayers are unlikely to see a return on the $700bn Tarp rescue fund for financial sector, according to a report.
26 April 2012
The Pensions Regulator is to relax the rules governing 300 company pensions to help deal with funding shortfalls.
26 April 2012
Why the Football League is tightening its belt
26 April 2012
Police officers are dealing with a security alert on the Fathom Line in Newry, close to the Irish border.
26 April 2012
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable says all UK exports to Argentine armed forces are being halted amid tension over the Falkland Islands.
26 April 2012
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's cuts Spain's credit rating because of the risks it could take on more debt to support its banks.
26 April 2012
Syria is "in contravention" of an internationally agreed peace plan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns, amid reports of continuing fighting.
26 April 2012
Terry Spinks, who won boxing gold at the 1956 Olympics at the age of only 18, dies aged 74.
26 April 2012
Mark Williams defeats Liu Chuang in the first round of the World Championship to set up a clash with Ronnie O'Sullivan.
26 April 2012
The Premier League cancels handshakes at the Chelsea-QPR game because of the legal case involving John Terry and Anton Ferdinand.
26 April 2012
40,000 people gathered in response to Anders Breivik's claims that the children's song "My Rainbow Race" is Marxist brainwashing.
26 April 2012
Extremely strong winds caused planes to sway as they attempted to land in Spain on Wednesday.
26 April 2012
A rubber chicken launched into space, the wrong place to park in Paris and rodeo exam revision. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
26 April 2012
The three widows and children of Osama Bin Laden have left their Islamabad villa as they reportedly begin a journey to Saudi Arabia.
26 April 2012
The BBC has obtained footage of the aftermath of the police shooting of Mark Duggan, whose death sparked the 2011 summer riots.
26 April 2012
Tanker drivers involved in a dispute with fuel distribution companies are urged to reject proposals aimed at resolving their differences.
26 April 2012
Eighty-five people are arrested as demonstrations in Montreal over rising tuition fees turn violent.
26 April 2012
At least eight people are killed and 15 others injured in two bomb blasts at a cafe in Iraq's restive province of Diyala, officials say.
26 April 2012
The Queen ends the first day of her Diamond Jubilee tour of Wales by visiting Merthyr Tydfil.
26 April 2012
British industry will lead the production of Solar Orbiter, a spacecraft that will travel closer to the Sun than any satellite to date.
26 April 2012
Three people are seriously injured in a crash involving a military vehicle in East Yorkshire.
26 April 2012
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have met a team of soldiers who took part in the Scott-Amundsen Centenary Race to reach the South Pole.
26 April 2012
Coverage of Challenge Cup quarter-final between Wigan & St Helens.
26 April 2012
Team Sky rider Bradley Wiggins retains his lead over team-mate Michael Rogers after the second stage of the Tour de Romandie.
26 April 2012
A man is found guilty of trying to murder three pregnant women, raping two of them and assaulting a newborn baby.
26 April 2012
A 12-year-old girl died in her father's arms from a suspected allergic reaction after eating curry and chips, an inquest in Aberdare hears.
26 April 2012
International judges have found Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war.
26 April 2012
An eyewitness to the death of Mark Duggan has given the BBC footage of the immediate aftermath of his shooting by police last August.
26 April 2012
A camera which develops written descriptions rather than pictures has been created by a student in New York.
26 April 2012
Unexploded and deadly cluster munitions have been found for the first time in Sri Lanka, a UN expert on land mines claims.
26 April 2012
A former care home inspector has been arrested over allegations that she pressured homes into giving money in exchange for favourable reports.
26 April 2012
There are expected to be protest votes at the Barclays annual meeting on Friday with some investors unhappy with the level of executive pay.
26 April 2012
William Hague denies claims that Neil Heywood - who died in China last November - might have been a member of British intelligence.
26 April 2012
Pep Guardiola is understood to be on the brink of ending his tenure as manager of Barcelona after telling the club he can not carry on.
26 April 2012
Analysis of the bodily fluids of dead spy Gareth Williams reveal no known poison, excess alcohol or party drugs were found in his system.
26 April 2012
Car giants Volkswagen, Chrysler and Fiat all report strong rises in first-quarter profits as the global car market recovers.
26 April 2012
Allegations of postal voting fraud in east London have been passed to the Metropolitan Police, the Electoral Commission says.
26 April 2012
Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is convicted of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war at his trial in The Hague.
26 April 2012
US Congressman Paul Ryan's budget plan is condemned by faculty members at a top Catholic university ahead of his keynote speech there.
26 April 2012
Cleveland and North Yorkshire police name a man wanted in connection with two murders - in Middlesbrough and Whitby - described by detectives as "brutal".
26 April 2012
Leading Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty is shot dead in an apparent shoot-out with police while investigating illegal logging.
26 April 2012
Ofcom asks News of the World publisher News Group for more documents relating to phone hacking as it decides whether BSkyB is fit to hold a broadcasting licence.
26 April 2012
Chelsea captain John Terry can lift the Champions League trophy if they win the final against Bayern Munich.
26 April 2012
At least six people are killed in bomb attacks on newspaper offices in two Nigerian cities, witnesses say.
26 April 2012
Eric Drysdale says the reaction to his part in the SFA decision to ban Rangers from transfers for a year has come as "a shock".
26 April 2012
The Queen meets Wales' Grand Slam-winning rugby team at the start of her two-day tour of Wales to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
26 April 2012
Portuguese authorities say they are not going to reopen the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
26 April 2012
Residents are rescued from a fire after getting trapped at the top of a tenement in the centre of Dundee.
26 April 2012
Top Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is recommended by the prime minister for a seat in India's upper house of parliament.
26 April 2012
A woman who was seen on CCTV kicking a boy in the head after he was fatally stabbed in a Tube station is jailed for 12 years for the killing.
26 April 2012
A senior civil servant refuses at least 10 times to answer questions about his role in the row over Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and News Corp.
26 April 2012
The final list of candidates in Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential election is published, with 13 candidates allowed to stand.
26 April 2012
First Minister Alex Salmond is questioned over his relations with Rupert Murdoch and the Donald Trump.
26 April 2012
A man whose body was found wedged through a 6in-wide bedroom door panel died as a result of an accident, a coroner says.
26 April 2012
A former soldier blinded by an IRA bomb is awarded more than £200,000 in compensation by an employment tribunal after he was bullied at work.
26 April 2012
Veteran actor Robert Redford has criticised David Cameron after he suggested that UK film-makers should focus on commercially viable movies.
26 April 2012
Earth's glaciers are seriously out of balance with the global climate and are already committed to losing almost 40% of their volume, a study reports.
26 April 2012
The German president turns down a visit to Ukraine and the EU says it is "deeply preoccupied" by the treatment of jailed former PM Yulia Tymoshenko.
26 April 2012
Three men have been arrested by police investigating the alleged naming of a rape victim on the Twitter website.
26 April 2012
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said that 500 UK troops will be able to leave Afghanistan by Christmas, because the Afghan army has been increasing its combat role.
26 April 2012
Renewables can be a cheap form of energy within years, Prime Minister David Cameron says, as governments aim for global spread of clean power.
26 April 2012
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attend a service of thanksgiving at Cardiff's Llandaff Cathedral, as part of a UK-wide tour to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.
26 April 2012
The trial of two grandparents accused of the manslaughter of their disabled granddaughter is told their grandson was once arrested on suspicion of murdering her.
26 April 2012
Former All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith ponders whether to accept a coaching role with England, with Mike Catt set to take a temporary role on the South Africa tour.
26 April 2012
Police investigating the deaths of a mother and daughter in an arson attack in Dungannon say they want to identify two men seen in the area.
26 April 2012
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has spoken in support of Arab VIPS visiting al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
26 April 2012
Plans to send warning letters to suspected illegal file-sharers have been put off until at least 2014, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport confirms.
26 April 2012
Chemists devise a means to coat cotton fabrics with durable "super-hydrophobic" layers that repel water and stains alike.
26 April 2012
Science fiction publisher Tor UK decides to drop anti-piracy restrictions from its electronic books.
26 April 2012
Children's minister Tim Loughton warns that parents are helping their children dodge Facebook age limits to set up accounts.
26 April 2012
Twenty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, a new protective covering is being built over the section of the reactor that exploded.
26 April 2012
Sudanese civil servants have been told to donate two days' salary to help pay for the conflict with South Sudan over the Heglig oilfield.
26 April 2012
A puppy in the US is up for adoption after being found alone and covered with cactus spines.
26 April 2012
ITV apologises after its HD broadcast of Wednesday's Champions League semi-final was interrupted during extra-time.
26 April 2012
Paul Lewis of BBC Radio 4's Money Box and fraud victim Paul Forrester describes the impact of being conned, as the Financial Services Authority publishes a so-called ''sucker list''.
26 April 2012
Spencer Kelly reports from the Robots and Avatars exhibition on how the virtual and real world are merging.
26 April 2012
Confusion reigns among industry's 'foot soldiers'
26 April 2012
The mother of 15-year-old girl, who was stabbed to death by an ex-boyfriend, wins a High Court case for a full inquest into her daughter's death.
26 April 2012
Jeremy Bamber, who was jailed for killing his family in 1985, fails in his latest bid to appeal against his conviction.
26 April 2012
A London Underground train hits an obstruction on the tracks, causing severe delays.
26 April 2012
Dozens of criminal websites offering credit card details and other private information are taken down in a police operation spanning three continents.
26 April 2012
Rupert Murdoch will face questions about phone hacking and claims of illegal payments by his UK journalists when he appears for a second day at the Leveson Inquiry later.
26 April 2012
Labour leader Ed Miliband questions the idea that the culture secretary's special adviser, who has resigned, acted "as a lone wolf" in dealings with News Corp.
26 April 2012
Raleigh Cycle, one of the best-known and oldest bicycle makers in the UK, is bought by Dutch rival Accell for $100m (£62m).
26 April 2012
International judges begin giving a verdict in the war crimes case against former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, after a historic five-year trial.
26 April 2012
Game giant Nintendo reports its first annual net loss of 43.2bn yen ($533m; £329m) as sales of its Wii games console disappoint and a strong yen hits exports
26 April 2012
London 2012 Festival organisers unveil the final line-up of the 12-week celebration of the arts that runs alongside the Olympic Games.
26 April 2012
A warning of heavy and thundery downpours has been issued by the Met Office for eastern parts of Scotland.
26 April 2012
Actor Ewan McGregor and director Andrea Arnold join fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as members of the jury panel selecting this year's Palme d'Or.
26 April 2012
A tornado strikes residential areas of Rugby, according to people living in the Warwickshire town.
26 April 2012
Victor Conte says he deeply regrets getting Dwain Chambers involved in the Balco scandal and that he deserves his second chance.
26 April 2012
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland disputes claims the Welfare Reform Bill will hit children in Northern Ireland harder than those in any other region outside London.
26 April 2012
Barclays sets aside an extra £300m for settling claims of mis-selling payment protection insurance, but says it made an "encouraging" start to 2012.
26 April 2012
Disgraced politician Bo Xilai ran a wire-tapping system that extended as far as China's president, the New York Times has reported.
26 April 2012
International judges are giving a verdict in the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.
26 April 2012
A survivor of the July 2011 bomb attack on Oslo testifies on the ninth day of Anders Behring Breivik's trial in Norway.
26 April 2012
From LS Lowry to depictions of suburbia, an art exhibition is trying to depict the British landscape to Saudis.
26 April 2012
At least 70 people are killed in an attack on a house in Hama, Syrian activists say, but the government says 16 died in a blast at an arms factory.
26 April 2012
Fifteen people living in a block of flats in Dundee have been rescued after fire broke out in their tenement.
26 April 2012
Rangers manager Ally McCoist is disgusted by threats made against the Scottish FA panel that handed a transfer ban to the club.
26 April 2012
Non-native plant species are extending the growing season in eastern US forests by an average of four weeks, a study suggests.
26 April 2012
Pakistan's Supreme Court finds Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt, but he escapes with only a token sentence and no jail term.
26 April 2012
The proportion of female secondary school head teachers in Wales doubles in eight years to nearly one-third.
26 April 2012
Were the dark ages actually a golden age for local democracy?
26 April 2012
Can the UK’s local papers survive in a webby world?
26 April 2012
Teenager Daryl Harry-Newman says he is upset at having to resort to a food bank, as the BBC's Steph McGovern reports from Knowsley on Merseyside on why more and more people are using the service.
26 April 2012
Brazil's Congress approves controversial changes to the country's forest code which environmentalists say will spur Amazon deforestation.
26 April 2012
The Queen begins the second leg of her Diamond Jubilee tour today, with a two day visit to South Wales.
26 April 2012
More than a half of parents in England admit having taken a child on holiday during term time and more than a quarter plan to do so this year, a poll suggests.
26 April 2012
The Queen is embarking on a two-day tour of Wales to mark the Diamond Jubilee, including a meeting with the Grand Slam-winning rugby squad.
26 April 2012
Paula Radcliffe faces a huge challenge at her fifth Olympic Games, says marathon superstar.
26 April 2012
The Department of Health is warned it must not expect the voluntary sector to plug gaps in services that the government is unable to fund.
26 April 2012
The Argentine Senate approves the nationalisation of the oil company YPF, a subsidiary of Spanish firm Repsol, which has sparked a spat with the EU.
26 April 2012
Police in Albuquerque say an increasing number of teenagers are getting drunk by consuming hand sanitiser and mouthwash.
26 April 2012
Influential Japanese politician Ichiro Ozawa is found not guilty in a funding scandal.
26 April 2012
Renewable energy sources must become "financially sustainable" if they are to meet the world's needs, David Cameron is to say.
26 April 2012
Chilean students take part in fresh protests for education reform, saying measures proposed by President Sebastian Pinera do not go far enough.
26 April 2012
Students protesting for free quality education have clashed with police in Santiago, Chile.
26 April 2012
Four current and former security screeners at Los Angeles international airport are arrested and charged with drug-trafficking and bribery.
26 April 2012
Over-consumption in rich countries and rapid population growth in the poorest both need to be tackled to put humanity on a sustainable path, a report says.
26 April 2012
One in four pupils at independent schools in the UK is from a minority ethnic background and 5% are from overseas, Independent Schools Council data suggests.
26 April 2012
The independent police watchdog is calling for new powers to force officers to attend interviews if they witness a fatal shooting by a colleague.
26 April 2012
There is still no evidence mobile phones harm human health, says a major safety review for the UK's Health Protection Agency.
25 April 2012
The contraceptive pill should be available at pharmacies nationwide without a GP prescription, including to some under-16s, an NHS report says.
25 April 2012
A survey says students at Dundee University have the best experience of university life in the UK.
25 April 2012
A large-scale community dance project will be staged at Glasgow's Barrowlands ballroom as the finale to the London 2012 cultural programme.
25 April 2012
HM Revenue and Customs will expect high earners to quiz their partners to find out if they claim child benefit.
25 April 2012
O2 unveils an app that allows users to transfer up to £500 via text message and speed up purchases from online retailers.
25 April 2012
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho wants Chelsea to beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League final after his side lost to the German club on penalties.
25 April 2012
US prosecutors charge two Taiwanese nationals with attempting to export US military technology - for the alleged benefit of the Chinese government.
25 April 2012
As part of the contingency planning for the Olympics and Paralympics, the NHS is appealing for blood donors in the run-up to the start of the Games.
25 April 2012
Roberto di Matteo is the leading contender to become the next permanent Chelsea manager, the BBC understands.
25 April 2012
The journey of a unit of blood from donor to patient, via the blood processing centre at Filton.
25 April 2012
How Lancashire textile firms are competing with Asia
25 April 2012
Egypt's election commission reinstates ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq as a candidate in the country's presidential poll, a day after barring him.
25 April 2012
A man is jailed after admitting trying to murder his partner in an attack which was witnessed by their young daughter.
25 April 2012
A retired British businessman extradited to the US over allegations of arms dealing is released on bail.
25 April 2012
Bayern Munich will face Chelsea in the Champions League final after beating Real Madrid in a penalty shoot-out.
25 April 2012
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signs the repeal of the death penalty into law, making the state the 17th in the US to end capital punishment.
25 April 2012
African Cats is a documentary that follows the lives of a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs.
25 April 2012
Mark Selby becomes the latest seed to be eliminated from the World Championship after a 10-3 defeat by Barry Hawkins.
25 April 2012
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich will suspend his long-shot campaign next week, US media report, citing his aides.
25 April 2012
Zurich Insurance announces plans to cut 342 jobs at its offices across the UK as part of restructuring plans.
25 April 2012
Police give security advice to members of a Scottish FA panel that handed out punishments to Rangers after their identities are revealed.
25 April 2012
The head of Londonderry's regeneration body tells a Stormont committee that the company made mistakes while spending public money.
25 April 2012
France says the UN Security Council should consider the use of force in Syria if a UN-backed peace plan fails to stop violence in the country.
25 April 2012
Death threats are reported to have been made against the Home Secretary, Theresa May, and former minister Jack Straw, leading to the arrest of a Blackburn council worker.
25 April 2012
A US Marine sergeant who criticised President Barack Obama as an enemy on Facebook is to face an other-than-honourable discharge.
25 April 2012
More than £600,000 is donated to a charity championed by a 30-year-old woman who died on the last leg of the London Marathon.
25 April 2012
The Federal Reserve's interest rate setters raise their forecasts for US economic growth in 2012 but leave rates unchanged.
25 April 2012
Anders Behring Breivik tells his Oslo trial that a psychiatric report finding him insane in relation to his 77 killings last July is a fabrication.
25 April 2012
Peers fail in a last-ditch attempt to amend those parts of the controversial bill cutting legal aid in England and Wales that apply to victims of domestic violence.
25 April 2012
Leading energy ministers have been told the world is on track for a temperature increase of 6C unless they change priorities.
25 April 2012
Could congestion offer a road to economic growth?
25 April 2012
The inquest into the death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams, whose body was found in a locked bag in his London flat in August 2010, has been told he was once found tied to his bed.
25 April 2012
The prospect of a drug to treat autism has been raised after symptoms of the condition were reduced in experiments on mice, performed by the US National Institutes of Health.
25 April 2012
Warnings that gunman Raoul Moat had threatened to harm his ex partner were not acted upon, the BBC discovers.
25 April 2012
A young woman has her child "marriage" legally annulled in northern Rajasthan state, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in India.
25 April 2012
The European Patent Office revokes a patent used to halt mobile phone sales in Germany.
25 April 2012
Put your questions to the director of the Cultural Olympiad
25 April 2012
The mother of a severely disabled girl gives evidence in the trial of the child's grandparents who are accused of her manslaughter.
25 April 2012
Most of the ice being lost from Antarctica is going as a result of warm water eating the fringes of the continent, a new study confirms.
25 April 2012
Anders Behring Breivik has told his trial in Oslo that a psychiatric report finding him insane in relation to the 77 killings he carried out was a "lie".
25 April 2012
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells MPs he "followed due process" in the BSkyB takeover bid - but his special adviser quits over his contacts with News Corp.
25 April 2012
Can you stop teenagers looking at online porn?
25 April 2012
Eurozone leaders urge governments to focus on growth amid fears about the negative impact of austerity measures.
25 April 2012
US President Barack Obama was not endangered by a prostitution scandal involving a dozen Secret Service agents in Colombia, a Senate panel is told.
25 April 2012
Royal Mail faces a "spiral of decline" unless conditions are placed on firms competing with it, chief executive Moya Greene warns.
25 April 2012
A Swedish student has been named as the winner of the Google Photography Prize.
25 April 2012
Ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown denies he "declared war" on News Corporation after Rupert Murdoch made the claim in his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
25 April 2012
Police have released a photograph of Madeleine as they believe she could appear now. They believe she could still be alive.
25 April 2012
The inquest into the death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams, whose body was found in a locked bag in his flat, hears how he was once found tied to his bed.
25 April 2012
A polar bear cub is getting used to life at the Yakutsk zoo in eastern Russia after ecologists found it on its own on the Arctic shore.
25 April 2012
Ed Miliband blames government cuts for the "catastrophic news" that the UK is back in recession but David Cameron says it would be "absolute folly" to change course.
25 April 2012
Four senior judges in Kenya are declared unfit for office in a landmark ruling by a new committee investigating the impartiality of the judiciary.
25 April 2012
People in Sierra Leone are awaiting the verdict of former Liberian President Charles Taylor's war crimes trial, 10 years on from the end of the civil war.
25 April 2012
A bomb explosion has wounded four members of Bahrain's police force - two of them seriously - during clashes with protesters, officials say.
25 April 2012
A freedom of information request suggests public sector bodies are more likely to attract data breach fines than private firms.
25 April 2012
The Environment Agency has issued seven flood warnings in south-west England, a region currently in drought.
25 April 2012
The number of teachers in England's state schools system fell by 10,000 in the year to November, government figures show.
25 April 2012
A landmark ruling by the UK Supreme Court outlines the powers that employers have to force workers to retire.
25 April 2012
What's the best way to scoop up all this rainwater?
25 April 2012
Flood warnings are in force in south-west England, which is in drought, while northern and eastern Scotland have been placed on flood alert.
25 April 2012
Adventurer Felix Baumgartner is planning to skydive from an altitude of 120,000 feet (36.7 km) this summer.
25 April 2012
Libyan authorities ban the formation of political parties based on religious principles, tribe or ethnicity ahead of elections scheduled for June.
25 April 2012
An AM is referred to the Welsh assembly's standards watchdog after claims about his behaviour in a luxury hotel after a night out.
25 April 2012
Championship clubs making losses of more than £6m will be fined or put under a transfer embargo from 2014-15.
25 April 2012
The animated film Brave will premiere Dolby's Atmos system which allows sounds to be placed with more precision in theatres.
25 April 2012
Opposition leader Ed Miliband has blamed the government's "catastrophic" economic policy for pushing the UK back into recession and described Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt as a "political disaster".
25 April 2012
British police reviewing the evidence around Madeleine McCann's disappearance in Portugal five years ago issue an image of what she might look like now.
25 April 2012
The UK returns to recession, after a sharp fall in construction leads to the economy shrinking by 0.2% in the first three months of 2012.
25 April 2012
The Jordanian authorities are violating people's right to free speech and undermining the credibility of reform efforts, Human Rights Watch says.
25 April 2012
The head of the Israeli military says he does not think Iran will develop nuclear weapons, partly because international pressure is bearing fruit.
25 April 2012
Director Peter Jackson unveils 10 minutes of footage of The Hobbit to a mixed reaction at the CinemaCon convention in the US.
25 April 2012
British Bobsleigh confirms that one of its athletes has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance.
25 April 2012
Labour's Harriet Harman says Jeremy Hunt has "fallen very far short" of the standards required of him regarding his role in News Corp's bid to take over BSkyB.
25 April 2012
The son of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai defends his lifestyle in a letter to his university and expresses "deep concern" about his family.
25 April 2012
Supermarkets stand accused of undermining parents' attempts to feed their families healthily by continuing to place junk food near checkouts.
25 April 2012
All's Well That Ends Well had a second writer, most likely Thomas Middleton, suggests research from Oxford University.
25 April 2012
Campaigners in Bangladesh are stepping up their efforts to put a stop to child marriages.
25 April 2012
The 2012 International German Beard and Moustache Championships have been held in Germany, with entrants competing in categories including Imperial Moustaches and Dali Moustaches.
25 April 2012
Only 42% of people are interested in politics and only 24% believe the current system of coalition government is working, an annual survey by the Hansard Society finds.
25 April 2012
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney vows to take the White House from President Barack Obama as he racks up a series of primary wins.
25 April 2012
Shares in Chinese search engine Baidu fall more than 10% in after hours trading after a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast.
25 April 2012
New and upgraded attractions helped draw four million more visitors to Scotland's main tourist sites last year, new research finds.
25 April 2012
US tycoon Donald Trump will tell a parliamentary inquiry that the Scottish government's policy of promoting wind farms is a mistake.
25 April 2012
Bowel cancer patients who take aspirin daily could cut their chance of dying from the disease by about a third, experts believe.
25 April 2012
The bulk of the £9.8bn the NHS spends on diabetes each year is wasted - and the disease could cost it a sixth of its entire budget by 2035, says a report.
24 April 2012
A tour of the international courts and tribunals at The Hague
24 April 2012
The Respect MP, George Galloway, has told the BBC that both Labour and the Conservatives have been "in bed with" the Murdochs. There have been calls for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to resign over suggestions he had acted as a "cheerleader" fo News Corporation's bid to take full control of the satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
24 April 2012
The Cutty Sark is to be reopened by the Queen in Greenwich later after undergoing a £50m restoration.
24 April 2012
Many people are a "soft touch" for fraudsters because they fail to wipe data from old disks, says the UK's privacy watchdog.
24 April 2012
Tools to stop too much personal data being shared are being developed by a mobile industry body.
24 April 2012
Losing a wife and family - the high price of a Korean defection
24 April 2012
Chelsea captain John Terry apologises to fans for the red card against Barcelona which rules him out of the Champions League final.
24 April 2012
Chelsea boss Roberto di Matteo says his side's Champions League semi-final win over Barcelona is an "incredible achievement".
24 April 2012
Apple reports better-than-expected results, with profits almost doubling in first three months of the year to $11.6bn (£7.2bn).
24 April 2012
The owners of car maker Lotus, which employs 1,200 staff, is in talks with a Chinese firm about a possible sale, an MP reveals in the House of Commons.
24 April 2012
Chelsea are into the final of the Champions League after surviving John Terry's red card to seal a remarkable victory over Barcelona.
24 April 2012
The westbound M4 reopens after a crash near the second Severn crossing in which one person was seriously injured, say police.
24 April 2012
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says Syria is still seeing unacceptable levels of violence, as dozens of people die despite a supposed ceasefire.
24 April 2012
The US Department of Agriculture confirms it has detected a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in a California dairy cow.
24 April 2012
Firebrand youth leader Julius Malema has lost his appeal against expulsion from South Africa's ruling ANC, the party says.
24 April 2012
The London Olympic torch wins the prestigious Design of the Year award 2012.
24 April 2012
The US Supreme Court prepares to consider yet another highly politically charged case - this time over Arizona's controversial immigration law.
24 April 2012
Google offers remote storage with 5GB of space for free, or up to 16TB for a charge, challenging Dropbox, Microsoft and others.
24 April 2012
Specks of unexplained DNA were found on the holdall containing the curled-up body of MI6 spy Gareth Williams, his inquest has heard.
24 April 2012
Footballer Ched Evans is to appeal against his conviction for rape, his lawyers confirm.
24 April 2012
A former BP engineer is accused in the US of obstruction of justice over the 2010 Gulf oil spill - the first criminal charge in connection with the disaster.
24 April 2012
The British detective leading the year-old UK review into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann tells BBC Panorama the "ultimate objective" is finding the girl.
24 April 2012
Labour leader Ed Miliband talks to the BBC's Nick Robinson about a number of topics including tax policy and standing up to "vested interests".
24 April 2012
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond strongly denies claims he offered to lobby the UK government over News Corp's plan to take control of BSkyB.
24 April 2012
Spanish police arrest 22 people and break up a gang trying to smuggle Iranians into Britain through the Canary Islands.
24 April 2012
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool reports from the Jalozai refugee camp in the North West Frontier province of Pakistan.
24 April 2012
Manager Ally McCoist warns that the Scottish FA's sanctions against Rangers could put the club out of business.
24 April 2012
Conservationists discover previously unknown populations of Scottish wildcats living in the Cairngorms National Park.
24 April 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney aims for a clean sweep in five US primaries, which could force dogged rival Newt Gingrich from the race.
24 April 2012
A confused driver ends up trapping his car on the steps of a metro station in Paris, after mistaking it for the entrance to an underground car park.
24 April 2012
England head coach Stuart Lancaster answers questions on a BBC Radio 5 live special, including who will join his coaching staff.
24 April 2012
Team Sky's Geraint Thomas wins the prologue of the Tour de Romandie, with team-mate Mark Cavendish third.
24 April 2012
A court in Egypt upholds a three-month prison sentence handed to leading comic actor Adel Imam, convicted of insulting Islam in his films and plays.
24 April 2012
Philip Glass's opera about Walt Disney is to get its UK premiere at the English National Opera (ENO).
24 April 2012
At least two people are killed in a bomb blast at the main railway station in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say.
24 April 2012
Ed Miliband tells the BBC he intends to be "methodical" as Labour leader and says he wants to win back trust in politics.
24 April 2012
A Swiss woman abducted from her home in rebel-held northern Mali earlier this month has been freed, according to the Swiss government
24 April 2012
Police warn arrests will be made following comments on social media sites allegedly identifying the victim in the Ched Evans rape case.
24 April 2012
A teenager is facing a "lengthy" prison sentence after he admitted starting a Facebook page encouraging people to riot in Dundee.
24 April 2012
James Murdoch denies the culture secretary was a "cheerleader" for the firm's bid for BSkyB, as the Leveson Inquiry sees emails apparently showing he was privately supportive.
24 April 2012
An EU watchdog is the latest to add its voice to growing criticisms of anti-counterfeiting trade agreement Acta.
24 April 2012
Robbie Savage's hip-thrusting performance on Strictly Come Dancing did not breach guidelines, the BBC Trust rules.
24 April 2012
Three-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan completes a crushing 10-4 victory over 2002 champion Peter Ebdon in their World Championship first-round match.
24 April 2012
Caretaker boss Stuart Pearce could name England's Euro 2012 squad on or around 10 May if a new manager is not in place.
24 April 2012
Second seed Andy Murray shows his ruthless side to overcome Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the Barcelona Open.
24 April 2012
The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn captures evidence of km-sized balls of ice plunging through one of the planet's main rings - its F-ring
24 April 2012
Figures out on Wednesday will show whether the UK economy grew in the first three months of the year or has returned to recession.
24 April 2012
The British detective leading the year-old UK review into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann tells BBC Panorama the "ultimate objective" is finding the girl.
24 April 2012
Chancellor George Osborne has insisted that the government is on track to hit its deficit reduction targets.
24 April 2012
Former British PM Tony Blair has appeared in a promotional video for Kazakhstan praising "progress" in the former Soviet state.
24 April 2012
Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness was involved in authorising the IRA murder of two RUC officers in 1989, according to evidence given to the Smithwick Tribunal.
24 April 2012
Two men are found guilty of money-laundering charges following a £2.3m fraud against the Olympic Delivery Authority, the Crown Prosecution Service confirms.
24 April 2012
The European Commission warns Argentina that its nationalisation of the oil firm YPF will have a long-term impact and may put off investors.
24 April 2012
Two men are held in the US state of Utah after booby traps, including a spiked boulder rigged to swing at head height, were set on a hiking trail.
24 April 2012
Police questioning a man over the murder of a two-year-old boy say the child died from abdominal injuries.
24 April 2012
Home Secretary Theresa May says she was given "unambiguous" legal advice about the deadline for an appeal over the deportation of Abu Qatada.
24 April 2012
Witnesses in a Norway court have been describing the moments after a bomb went off outside the government headquarters in Oslo last July - killing eight people.
24 April 2012
An SFA panel could hear an appeal against the sanctions imposed on Rangers as early as next week.
24 April 2012
Ugandan authorities suspend a police officer accused of the alleged sexual assault of Ingrid Turinawe, the women's league leader of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change.
24 April 2012
Money continues to pour into a charity fund supported by marathon runner Claire Squires who collapsed and died in the final stages of Sunday's London marathon.
24 April 2012
Speculation is rife that Google is on the verge of launching a cloud-based storage system with 5 gigabytes available for free.
24 April 2012
Should politicians know the price of a pint of milk?
24 April 2012
Comedian Russell Brand had MPs roaring with laughter when he addressed the Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday.
24 April 2012
The grandparents of a severely disabled teenage girl deny her manslaughter and charges of child cruelty.
24 April 2012
A preliminary ruling suggests that Microsoft's games console infringes four of Motorola Mobility's patents.
24 April 2012
Comedian Russell Brand tells MPs that taking drugs should not be seen as a "criminal or judicial matter" but he does not favour complete legalisation.
24 April 2012
Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian ex-PM serving a prison sentence for abuse of office, is on hunger strike, her lawyer says.
24 April 2012
Details emerge of the plan by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources.
24 April 2012
A teenage girl has had a remarkable escape after she fell into an underground cavern in northern China. The teenager was walking by a road in the city of Xi'an when she suddenly vanished through the pavement and had to be rescued.
24 April 2012
A hundred and fifty years after he was born, why does the work of Gustav Klimt still hold mass appeal?
24 April 2012
The families of two Indian fishermen, killed in firing by two Italian marines in February, reach an agreement with the Italian authorities to withdraw their court cases.
24 April 2012
A day after his government collapses, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte faces questions on the next step in the country's budget crisis.
24 April 2012
Singer Sinead O'Connor cancels the remaining dates of her world tour, saying she is still recovering from a "very serious breakdown".
24 April 2012
Perthshire village of Dull tries to form partnership with the US town of Boring to highlight its unexciting name
24 April 2012
A Sheffield United team-mate of Ched Evans is suspended over alleged Twitter comments after the jailed Wales international's rape conviction.
24 April 2012
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir says Sudan has "declared war" on his country, following weeks of fighting along their common border.
24 April 2012
Rangers supporters groups are outraged by penalties imposed on their club by the Scottish Football Association.
24 April 2012
European shares recover slightly from Monday's sharp falls as investors shake off rising Spanish bond yields and worsening forecasts of Greek economic contraction.
24 April 2012
A security guard at Norway's government headquarters describes the moment he saw Anders Behring Breivik's car bomb explode.
24 April 2012
A captain pleads guilty to causing hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage to his ship and the vessel he collided with in Belfast Lough.
24 April 2012
Education Secretary Michael Gove tells MPs there are "causes for concern" about children being X-rayed by the UK Border Agency to establish their age.
24 April 2012
CCTV footage of MI6 officer Gareth Williams on the days before he died showed him looking "relaxed, on his own," an inquest into his death hears.
24 April 2012
Bang Goes The Theory's Jem Stansfield attempts to build a plane which is kept in the air by the energy of his own pedalling.
24 April 2012
Five men aged between 21 and 30 are arrested in Luton on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, Scotland Yard says.
24 April 2012
Nigeria's parliament is to discuss a report said to reveal that $6bn (£4m) has been defrauded from the country's fuel subsidy fund in the past two years.
24 April 2012
Great Britain's women's football team will open the Olympic Games against New Zealand, while the men face Senegal.
24 April 2012
Egypt's ruling generals approve an amendment to the electoral law that would bar senior officials from the Mubarak era from running for president.
24 April 2012
A woman who died while competing in the London Marathon is described as "incredible and inspirational" by her family, as donations top £300,000.
24 April 2012
The trial of Nat Fraser, accused of murdering his wife Arlene more than a decade ago, hears of problems in their marriage.
24 April 2012
Rory McIlroy will replace Tiger Woods as the star of golf, predicts Peter Dawson, chief executive of the sport's governing body.
24 April 2012
The family of a 30-year-old woman who died running the London Marathon for the Samaritans, say they have been comforted by the huge amount of support they have received.
24 April 2012
New Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood makes an overture to Labour to build a "united alternative" to the Conservatives.
24 April 2012
Europe's Cryosat spacecraft is now watching the ebb and flow of Arctic sea ice with high precision, report scientists.
24 April 2012
The UK government borrowed more than expected in March, official figures show, but still met its borrowing target for the year.
24 April 2012
A June preview of Windows 8 will be the closest yet to the final version.
24 April 2012
Israel decides to make legal under Israeli law three settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, drawing Palestinian condemnation.
24 April 2012
Soweto Kinch gives Alfred Hitchcock a jazz soundtrack
24 April 2012
Tax officials welcome ruling that prevents a group of wealthy investors from claiming more than £100m in tax relief.
24 April 2012
Channel 4 News presenter and cycling enthusiast Jon Snow is among witnesses being quizzed by MPs over cycling safety.
24 April 2012
Jailed American Jose Padilla, held an "enemy combatant" for three years, asks the US Supreme Court to reinstate his "torture" lawsuit against top officials.
24 April 2012
Three-dimensional images of tissue samples could help spot cancer early, say researchers.
24 April 2012
Viewpoint: What if the world's image of Africa was accurate?
24 April 2012
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb, who woke from a coma at the weekend, has been laughing and joking and wants to get out of hospital, his family say.
24 April 2012
Click's Spencer Kelly surrenders to the will of a machine which has its own ideas about where he should walk.
24 April 2012
A three-day strike by London Underground staff will start later in row over pensions and benefits.
24 April 2012
Police withdraw an appeal for information over an ornamental fish theft after discovering an otter was probably to blame.
24 April 2012
Chelsea's Fernando Torres says the club's battling qualities can help beat Barcelona in their Champions League semi-final.
24 April 2012
A sharp rise in the number of deaths in the Syrian uprising casts fresh doubt on the future success of a UN ceasefire monitoring scheme.
24 April 2012
Mark Doyle flies over the Niger Delta to see how much oil is being stolen.
24 April 2012
Solicitor Jonathan Armstrong outlines the offences that can be committed on Twitter after a footballer revealed the identity of a rape victim on the social networking site.
24 April 2012
Five years after she was gutted by fire, London's famous 19th century tea clipper the Cutty Sark will reopen to the public this week.
24 April 2012
Donations to a fund-raising page set up by a 30-year-old woman who collapsed close to the London Marathon finish line have surged since her death.
24 April 2012
Appropriate Adult, ITV1's dramatisation of the investigation into serial killer Fred West, leads the nominations for this year's Bafta TV Awards.
24 April 2012
An elections expert who reviewed the 2007 Holyrood voting shambles says a two question independence referendum would "muddy the waters".
24 April 2012
Global efforts to cut the number of deaths from measles have fallen short of World Health Organization (WHO) targets.
24 April 2012
The number of people convicted of animal cruelty in England and Wales rose by nearly a quarter last year, according to the RSPCA.
24 April 2012
The search for a sailor lost off the coast of Cornwall after a tug sank is abandoned.
24 April 2012
China's President Hu Jintao stresses friendship with Pyongyang, as the US asks China to explain the origins of North Korea's missile launcher.
24 April 2012
Associated British Foods announces a 3% rise in half-year profits thanks to strong performances from retailer Primark and its sugar business.
24 April 2012
Traces of ancient viruses which infected our ancestors millions of years ago are more widespread in us than previously thought.
24 April 2012
The number of people convicted of animal cruelty rises by more than a third, but the RSPCA pledges "zero tolerance" against culprits.
24 April 2012
The number of people convicted of animal cruelty and neglect rose by nearly a quarter in England and Wales last year, the RSPCA says.
24 April 2012
A union says a close eye must be kept on how councils use proposals making it easier to intervene in failing schools.
24 April 2012
Talks aimed at ending the fuel tanker drivers' dispute will resume later in negotiations chaired by the conciliation service Acas.
24 April 2012
Bioscience firm Life Technologies is to invest £12.5m into its base near Glasgow helping it expand and create new jobs.
24 April 2012
A County Antrim woman speaks of how drugs turned her happy child into a withdrawn and agitated teenager.
24 April 2012
Voters in California will be asked if they want to abolish the death penalty this November, after a proposal gathered more than 500,000 signatures.
24 April 2012
Former officials from a Chinese village that staged a high-profile rebellion over local corruption have been punished, Chinese media report.
24 April 2012
Previously unknown populations of Scottish wildcats are living in the Cairngorms National Park, conservationists discover.
24 April 2012
Significant rises in rail and bus fares could be on the cards as Translink is heading towards a multi-million pound loss.
24 April 2012
A British man convicted of plotting to blow up an aircraft tells a court that Osama Bin Laden said his attack would bring down the US economy.
24 April 2012
Two Indian children at the centre of foster care dispute in Norway arrive in Delhi, after being handed over to their uncle.
24 April 2012
Decades of increasing Mexico-US immigration have come to an end, a report says, citing tough border control and economic conditions in both nations.
24 April 2012
Former News International chairman James Murdoch will appear at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards to give evidence later.
24 April 2012
Differing views on the merits of directly-elected mayors
24 April 2012
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is on a tour of the UK this week and the BBC's transport correspondent Richard Westcott got a chance to look around it.
24 April 2012
A lack of strategic thinking is leading to a "patch and mend" approach to policy-making, the Commons Public Administration Committee says.
24 April 2012
A London council is accused of beginning the "social cleansing" of the capital by asking a Stoke landlord to take up to 500 families on housing benefit.
24 April 2012
Alibaba.com reports a 25% dip in first quarter profit amid falling membership sales to businesses and higher operating costs.
24 April 2012
Government surveillance has not kept up with sites like Twitter and Facebook and new laws are needed, a former GCHQ chief says.
24 April 2012
The government's plan to save £2.6bn by scrapping scores of quangos is based on "incomplete and imprecise" figures, an influential committee of MPs says.
24 April 2012
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns Sudan's bombardment of a border area in an escalating dispute with South Sudan.
24 April 2012
The pharmaceutical company Novartis is challenging the use of a cheaper alternative to its drug Lucentis for a common cause of loss of vision.
24 April 2012
Subordinate members of meerkat troops are the best problem-solvers, say scientists who set the sociable creatures tasks to test their intelligence.
24 April 2012
Does Chongqing miss scandal-tainted Bo Xilai?
24 April 2012
Dutch feel the pinch in eurozone debt crisis
24 April 2012
A university in England is setting up the world's first research centre to look at tourism to places of disaster and violence.
23 April 2012
At least 4,000 people are taking part later in the biggest security exercise ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
23 April 2012
The police chief who chose not to arrest George Zimmerman after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in Florida sees his offer to resign blocked.
23 April 2012
A skipper and his crewman were rescued from a fishing trawler just seconds before it sank off the Hampshire coast.
23 April 2012
Rangers owner Craig Whyte is banned for life by the Scottish Football Association, which also hands the club a 12-month transfer embargo.
23 April 2012
Facebook is paying Microsoft $550m (£341m) for some of the patents it recently bought from AOL - it is latest in a series of IT patent deals.
23 April 2012
A rare look inside President Obama's campaign headquarters as he seeks re-election later this year.
23 April 2012
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez phones state TV to deny rumours that he has died while undergoing radiotherapy in Cuba for a malignant tumour.
23 April 2012
West Ham come from behind to beat Leicester and take the race for automatic promotion to the Premier League to the final day.
23 April 2012
Two US congressmen launch an investigation as Wal-Mart shares fall 5% following weekend reports of a cover-up at Mexican subsidiaries.
23 April 2012
An internal White House probe finds no link between its staff and the Secret Service scandal in Colombia, President Obama's spokesman says.
23 April 2012
The Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to his US counterpart Hillary Clinton, about the death of UK businessman Neil Heywood in China.
23 April 2012
The campaign finance trial of ex-US presidential candidate John Edwards opens with a judge revealing a key accuser called other witnesses before the trial.
23 April 2012
A retired British businessman extradited to the US over allegations of arms dealing is allowed bail by a Texas court.
23 April 2012
Former Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards is happy the British Olympic Association's lifetime ban for drug cheats looks set to be overturned.
23 April 2012
The home and email addresses of 38,000 entrants to the London Marathon were accidentally published on the organisers' website, the BBC discovers.
23 April 2012
US Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson testifies at the opening of the trial in Chicago of the man accused of shooting three members of her family in 2008.
23 April 2012
Northern Ireland's second largest prison at Magilligan, near Londonderry, is to close in six years.
23 April 2012
Roberto di Matteo says Chelsea need to score in the Champions League semi-final second leg against Barcelona on Tuesday.
23 April 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron talks to the BBC's Nick Robinson about a variety of topics including Abu Qatada's deportation, fuel duty and tax policy.
23 April 2012
Limited edition releases by Noel Gallagher, Arctic Monkeys and David Bowie help boost sales of vinyl on Record Store Day.
23 April 2012
Councils and ministers will find it easier to intervene in failing schools under new legislation.
23 April 2012
Two Welshmen are charged after a fairy penguin was taken from a theme park in Queensland, Australia.
23 April 2012
Anders Behring Breivik tells his trial that he would have carried out his attacks again "even knowing that 40% of the people on Utoeya were under 18 years old".
23 April 2012
A zoo in Gaza is displaying stuffed animals in its enclosures amid financial struggles, and the challenge of getting live specimens through the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.
23 April 2012
Chancellor George Osborne "capitulated" when he agreed to commit a further £10bn to the International Monetary Fund, shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.
23 April 2012
A Royal Navy investigation into the grounding of the submarine HMS Astute finds a catalogue of errors led to the incident.
23 April 2012
The renewable energy industry supports 110,000 jobs in the UK and could support 400,000 by 2020, a report says, as well as generating export revenue for the UK.
23 April 2012
Former Icelandic PM Geir Haarde is cleared of the main charge of negligence over the 2008 financial crisis, but is found guilty on a lesser charge
23 April 2012
Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick requires surgery on an ankle injury and faces at least six weeks on the sidelines.
23 April 2012
A man who has been accused of halting the University Boat Race by swimming in the River Thames appears in court.
23 April 2012
US President Barack Obama announces fresh sanctions against Iran, Syria and those who help them use technology to crack down on dissent.
23 April 2012
The father of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will face no further action over allegations of a football betting scam, his solicitor says.
23 April 2012
American slackline walker Dean Potter walks across China's Enshi Grand Canyon at a height of 1,800m.
23 April 2012
A thatcher's seven stone rescue dog goes everywhere he goes - even up on rooftops when he's at work thatching.
23 April 2012
A teen receives an 18-month suspended sentence for sexually assaulting a girl he met online.
23 April 2012
Tate Modern's underground oil tanks are to become the world's first permanent museum galleries dedicated to live art.
23 April 2012
The Home Office refuses to agree with remarks made by the prime minister about the advice the government received about Abu Qatada's deportation appeal.
23 April 2012
Iran has been forced to disconnect key oil facilities after suffering a malware attack on Sunday, say reports.
23 April 2012
Tory MP Nadine Dorries describes David Cameron and George Osborne as "two arrogant posh boys" with "no passion to want to understand the lives of others".
23 April 2012
A man tells a court how he was picked up from the streets and forced to work as a "slave" before managing to escape six months later.
23 April 2012
Shells fired by Syrian security forces have killed 18 people in the city of Hama, activists say, as the EU imposes a new round of sanctions.
23 April 2012
The inquest has begun into the death of an MI6 officer whose body was found padlocked inside a large bag, with the coroner saying intelligence agents could give evidence anonymously.
23 April 2012
The gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics.
23 April 2012
A dog who has twice saved the life of her owner when she suffered a seizure is in the running for an award.
23 April 2012
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn says Mark Allen will face a disciplinary process after remarks about Cao Yupeng.
23 April 2012
The European Union formally agrees to suspend sanctions against Burma for a year in recognition of "historic changes" in the past year, officials say.
23 April 2012
Two fishermen have been rescued from their sinking trawler off the South coast.
23 April 2012
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir arrives in the southern oilfield town of Heglig, which was recently occupied by South Sudanese troops.
23 April 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy woos far-right voters after losing narrowly to his Socialist rival in the presidential election's first round.
23 April 2012
A senior US Congressman highly critical of the Afghan government is prevented from entering the country, in a development likely to strain ties with the US.
23 April 2012
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will submit his government's resignation to Queen Beatrix today, reports say, paving the way for early elections.
23 April 2012
A deal is struck to sell Edinburgh airport to the owner of Gatwick and London City airports in a deal worth about £800m.
23 April 2012
European stocks fall after weak manufacturing data and political uncertainty in France the Netherlands hit investor confidence.
23 April 2012
Police arrest a 20-year-old man on suspicion of murdering a two-year-old boy in Bolton.
23 April 2012
Ofcom launches an investigation into email hacking by Sky News after the broadcaster admitted accessing the private accounts of "canoe man" John Darwin and his wife.
23 April 2012
A leading children's charity is calling for reform of the law on child neglect.
23 April 2012
Evidence at an inquest into the "controversial" death of an MI6 agent - whose body was found in a padlocked bag - will be heard in public, the coroner says.
23 April 2012
India has become the top spam spewing nation on the planet in about 12 months, suggests a report by a computer security firm.
23 April 2012
Prince Harry is to receive an award for his charitable and humanitarian work, supporting servicemen and women.
23 April 2012
Donations to a fundraising page set up by a 30-year-old woman who collapsed close to the London Marathon finish line surge following her death.
23 April 2012
Belgian teenager Luca Brecel is beaten 10-5 on his record-breaking Crucible debut by Scotsman Stephen Maguire.
23 April 2012
Sheffield United launch an inquiry into Twitter comments by a club team-mate of Ched Evans after the Wales international was jailed for rape.
23 April 2012
At least five people have been injured by a bomb blast at a restaurant in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Tyre, security sources say.
23 April 2012
Robbie Savage bet a cabbie a new taxi if Newcastle reach next year's Champions' League.
23 April 2012
A festival that will see Shakespeare's 37 plays performed in 37 languages, from Swahili to sign language, gets under way in London.
23 April 2012
Nadine Dorries MP said the PM and his chancellor were "two arrogant posh boys who show no remorse, no contrition and no passion to want to understand the lives of others."
23 April 2012
Bahraini court postpones final verdict in the case of a hunger striker and 20 other democracy activists convicted of plotting to overthrow the kingdom's rulers.
23 April 2012
A search for one of the Disappeared - people abducted and murdered by republicans during the Troubles - is under way in Bragan, County Monaghan.
23 April 2012
Malawi's former President Bingu wa Mutharika, who died from a cardiac arrest on 5 April, is to be buried at his private farm in the south of the country.
23 April 2012
Nine French tourists are ejected from the Indian state of Bihar for alleged involvement in Maoist activities, police officials say.
23 April 2012
Negotiations start on April 26 over what happens to data taken offline by the shut down of file-sharing site Megaupload.
23 April 2012
The BBC confirms a third series of the period drama Upstairs Downstairs will not be commissioned.
23 April 2012
David Cameron laughs off claims he is too relaxed in Downing Street, telling the BBC: "It certainly doesn't feel like that from my perspective."
23 April 2012
Meet Great Britain's last Olympic football team
23 April 2012
David Cameron has rejected accusations that he is lazy: "It's got to be possible to be a decent husband, a good father and a good prime minister at the same time," he tells John Humphrys.
23 April 2012
Paul Murray's Blue Knights and American Bill Miller seek more time before lodging fresh bids to buy Rangers.
23 April 2012
The government will announce plans today to tackle the growing number of dog attacks by fitting dogs with microchips. But the mother of a 4 year old who was killed by a dog says the plans wouldn't have saved her son's life
23 April 2012
Red Bull's Mark Webber admits he is "looking forward to getting on a plane" after finishing fourth in the Bahrain Grand Prix.
23 April 2012
Team GB's men and women will find out their Olympic football opponents at the Wembley on Tuesday.
23 April 2012
More Britons than not regard subsidies for wind power as a good deal, an opinion poll suggests on the eve of a major clean energy conference.
23 April 2012
Research suggests outdoor play is becoming more popular as parents seek cheap ways to entertain their children.
23 April 2012
Welsh Premier champions The New Saints apply for a place in the FA Cup next season.
23 April 2012
The World Shakespeare Festival opens in London with 70 productions of the Bard's plays being performed in very new and surprising ways.
23 April 2012
A "miniature honeycomb" - or scaffold - could one day be used to encourage nerves to grow in order to repair damage, according to an international group of researchers.
23 April 2012
Mobile phone firm Vodafone agrees to buy telecoms company Cable & Wireless Worldwide in a deal valuing the firm at just over £1bn.
23 April 2012
A report says China needs a "consistent policy" on the South China Sea if it is to resolve disputes, amid rising tensions with the Philippines and others.
23 April 2012
Attempts to avert a strike by fuel tanker drivers will resume at the conciliation service, Acas, later.
23 April 2012
The world's biggest food group, Nestle, announces a deal to buy children's food maker Pfizer Nutrition for $11.85bn.
23 April 2012
Two people remain in hospital in Fort William after thirteen were treated for the effects of taking what have been described as illicit drugs.
23 April 2012
More teenagers are choosing to stay on in full-time education, which Careers Wales advisers describe as encouraging in the current economic climate.
23 April 2012
A football swept away by the tsunami and found on an Alaskan island is to be returned after its teenage Japanese owner was identified.
23 April 2012
Three men are to appear in court in Newry charged with involvement in terrorist activity.
23 April 2012
George Zimmerman, the man accused of murder over the killing of teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, is released from jail on a $150,000 bond.
23 April 2012
The education minister will be asked to ensure there are enough pre-school places throughout Northern Ireland during a debate at Stormont on Monday.
23 April 2012
An elderly woman was physically assaulted by a male carer and mistreated by four others in a care home classed ''excellent'' by the national regulator, the Care Quality Commission.
23 April 2012
A joint committee of both houses of Parliament is expected to call for a largely elected upper chamber - but some committee members are set to release two alternative reports.
23 April 2012
Whitehall spending is set to be subjected to greater scrutiny by the Treasury, as part of moves to tighten financial management of government departments.
23 April 2012
The Care Quality Commission is being criticised for failing to close a care home, after undercover filming showed an 80-year-old woman being slapped by a care worker.
23 April 2012
President Nicolas Sarkozy faces a hard fight in the run-off vote in the French presidential election, after losing the first round to Francois Hollande.
23 April 2012
A man is arrested by police investigating an attack on a British diplomat who was left blind in one eye after he was mugged in west London.
23 April 2012
Anders Behring Breivik is set to give his final day of evidence in court on the Norway massacre that left 77 people dead last July.
23 April 2012
The Leveson Inquiry into press standards is to hear evidence this week from several newspaper owners, including Rupert Murdoch, as it turns its attention to the relationship between newspapers and politicians.
23 April 2012
Celebration of Cosmic Background Explorer mission
23 April 2012
The suspect in the attempted murder of a Russian banker was captured on CCTV moments after the shooting in east London, police say.
23 April 2012
A team at Newcastle University is developing new technology - including a "Granny-Nav" - aimed at helping older drivers stay on the road.
23 April 2012
A white orca is identified off Russia's Kamchatka peninsula - believed to be the first white adult seen in the wild.
23 April 2012
Olympics organisers publish full details of the Tube and rail "hotspots" that those who live, work and travel in London are advised to avoid during the Games.
23 April 2012
A team from Channel Four News, led by foreign correspondent Jonathan Miller, is being deported from Bahrain after being detained by the police.
23 April 2012
More than two tonnes of cocaine and drug-making equipment believed to belong to Farc rebels are seized in southern Colombia, the army says.
23 April 2012
The vegetarian chef who turned into ultimate carnivore
22 April 2012
He won a job as caretaker of a tropical island. Where is he now?
22 April 2012
Are North Koreans really shorter than South Koreans?
22 April 2012
The BBC reunites the team behind Sinclair's computer 30 years on
22 April 2012
The great variation in life expectancy among pensioners has been highlighted in a new study by the actuarial firm Towers Watson.
22 April 2012
Intel unveils 13 Ivy Bridge chips, promising more processing power and less energy use to help it head off Arm and AMD's challenges.
22 April 2012
Exports of fresh Scottish salmon leap to record levels for the second consecutive year, according to official figures.
22 April 2012
The STUC accuses the UK and Scottish governments of failing to address youth unemployment, as it publishes new research.
22 April 2012
US retailing giant Wal-Mart is investigating allegations made in a New York Times article accusing its Mexican subsidiary of bribery.
22 April 2012
Thousands of athletes and amateurs join London marathon
22 April 2012
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie is named as the Professional Footballers' Association's Player of the Year.
22 April 2012
Fighting breaks out on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, days after the South pulled out of a disputed border town.
22 April 2012
Police are investigating reports that the woman raped by footballer Ched Evans has been named and abused on a social networking site.
22 April 2012
Fernando Alonso criticises what he considered dangerous driving by Nico Rosberg in their battle during the Bahrain Grand Prix.
22 April 2012
Egyptian officials say they have scrapped a deal under which they supply Israel with around 40% of the natural gas it needs.
22 April 2012
Wolves manager Terry Connor holds back the tears after his side are relegated following a 2-0 defeat by Manchester City.
22 April 2012
Doctors treating Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb say they have been "confounded" by his recovery since he woke from a coma at a hospital in London.
22 April 2012
Adele holds on to the number one spot in the album chart with 21.
22 April 2012
Socialist Francois Hollande wins the first round of France's presidential poll, estimates say, setting up a run-off with incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy who came second.
22 April 2012
Fan protests at an Italian top league game between Genoa and Siena saw play halted for 45-minutes as attempts were made to restore order.
22 April 2012
The controversial Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix has taken place despite continuing anti-government protests.
22 April 2012
Paul di Resta hails an "amazing job" by his Force India team after a testing week ended with the Scot claiming sixth in Bahrain.
22 April 2012
Team boss Christian Horner says Red Bull "certainly did not expect" to lead both championships after the Bahrain Grand Prix.
22 April 2012
US and Afghan negotiators finalise a long-term partnership deal governing the US role in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of forces in 2014.
22 April 2012
The RSPCA says it has serious concerns about the treatment of pigs shown in footage recorded by an animal welfare group at two Norfolk farms.
22 April 2012
Goals from Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri see Manchester City relegate Wolves and move to within three points of Manchester United.
22 April 2012
The American tycoon Donald Trump arrives in Scotland ahead of his scheduled appearance at a Scottish parliament committee.
22 April 2012
A three-day long street theatre event featuring giant marionettes in Liverpool concludes with the artistic director jumping into the Mersey.
22 April 2012
Two cooling towers and a concrete stack at the old ICI site in Redcar are demolished in a controlled explosion.
22 April 2012
Banks and consumer groups will meet to shed light on the cost of using claims management companies for PPI claims.
22 April 2012
Two police officers suffer head injuries during a nationalist march in Brighton with counter protests by anti-fascist groups
22 April 2012
A woman has died from injuries sustained in the head-on train collision in the Amsterdam area on Saturday, officials say.
22 April 2012
A union representing postal workers welcomes plans for compulsory microchipping of dogs in England - but says they are "well overdue".
22 April 2012
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says his team face the biggest Manchester derby in his time at the club.
22 April 2012
Sri Lanka's government orders the removal of a mosque from an area it says is sacred to the country's majority Buddhists.
22 April 2012
Tributes are paid to a woman who was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Gwynedd on Saturday afternoon.
22 April 2012
A man from London dies after falling from a balcony at a hotel in Magaluf - the second Briton to die at the Spanish resort in three days.
22 April 2012
Iran begins building a copy of the US surveillance drone it captured last year, after breaking its encryption codes, Iranian officials say.
22 April 2012
Nick Clegg urges politicians from all parties to "get on with" reforming the House of Lords, despite disquiet among Conservative MPs over the plans.
22 April 2012
Northern Ireland's attorney general is urged to withdraw "misconceived" legal action against Peter Hain.
22 April 2012
Satellite pictures of the disputed border area recently occupied by South Sudan suggest key oil facilities have been badly damaged.
22 April 2012
World champion Sebastian Vettel wins his first race of 2012 for Red Bull, ahead of Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
22 April 2012
Manchester United's title charge is blown off course as Everton fight back from 4-2 down to draw an incredible contest at Old Trafford.
22 April 2012
Three of the stars of America's Next Top Model are dropped from the long-running TV show, after falling ratings.
22 April 2012
BBC newsreader Sophie Raworth completed the course without incident after she collapsed during last year's race.
22 April 2012
Wilson Kipsang and Mary Keitany complete a Kenyan double at the London Marathon, as Claire Hallissey shines for Britain.
22 April 2012
Irish police investigating the murder of Londonderry man Andrew Allen make an arrest
22 April 2012
Police try to identify a pedestrian who was hit by a private hire taxi and killed on a Glasgow road.
22 April 2012
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party will not attend Monday's re-opening of parliament in a row over the oath MPs should swear.
22 April 2012
Twelve people become ill overnight in a Highland town in an incident being connected to illegal drug taking.
22 April 2012
Prince Harry has told the BBC's Sue Barker that Prince William and his wife Kate will run the London Marathon in 2013.
22 April 2012
Ken Clarke says changes to the European Court of Human Rights will reduce "frustration" over cases such as the proposed deportation of Abu Qatada.
22 April 2012
The Scottish government is accused by Scottish Conservatives of showing a "blatant disregard" for local decision-making.
22 April 2012
Leonardo da Vinci's groundbreaking drawings of the human anatomy are to go on public display for the first time.
22 April 2012
A Conservative MP calls for a referendum over plans to replace the House of Lords with elected members, which will be unveiled on Monday.
22 April 2012
A pedestrian is killed after being hit by a lorry on the A1(M) near Newton Aycliffe.
22 April 2012
Investigators are trying to establish why two commuter trains crashed into each other near Amsterdam.
22 April 2012
The Football Association reassures Sir Alex Ferguson after the Manchester United suggested Wayne Rooney could be selected for Team GB at the Olympics.
22 April 2012
Peace envoy Kofi Annan welcomes the UN vote to deploy up to 300 observers in Syria as a "pivotal moment for the stabilisation" of the country.
22 April 2012
The Home Office is taking seriously claims that MI5 betrayed Libyan dissidents to Gaddafi's spies in London.
22 April 2012
Former foreign secretary Lord Hurd attacks a government plan set out in the Budget to introduce VAT on church renovations.
22 April 2012
The SDLP accuses the David Ford of playing "pinball politics" after he criticised the four biggest parties at the Alliance party conference.
22 April 2012
TV chef Jamie Oliver says Education Secretary Michael Gove is endangering pupils' nutrition by not controlling what food academy schools provide.
22 April 2012
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the eurozone it must make bold reforms to reassure financial markets.
22 April 2012
Australia's parliamentary Speaker steps down amid claims of sexual harassment and fraud, putting Julia Gillard's fragile government under pressure.
22 April 2012
An energy supplier apologises to a charity after sending a bill for almost £78,000 for one month's gas supply.
22 April 2012
The beatboxer has been crowned the world's female beatbox champion three times - and she is still only 23-years-old.
22 April 2012
A flurry of profit warnings at the start of the year were followed by a sharp dip, suggesting a year of unpredictability, a report says.
22 April 2012
The Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain will take place later despite calls by the opposition there for it to be cancelled.
22 April 2012
Council bosses in Carmarthenshire apologise to residents for a backlog of rubbish in a dispute with refuse workers over their shifts.
22 April 2012
Chinese and Russian naval forces will simulate search and rescue operations as they launch six days of joint exercises in the Yellow Sea.
22 April 2012
Rarely-seen documents from the reign of Queen Victoria - including footage of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 - are being made public on a new website.
22 April 2012
Singer Will Young, Olympian James Cracknell and marathon runner Jo Stocks explain their reasons for taking part in the Virgin London Marathon.
22 April 2012
A lost kitten has been rescued from inside a wall at a house in Miami Beach, Florida, US.
22 April 2012
Fabrice Muamba says his recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest has been "more than a miracle".
22 April 2012
A 69-year-old Woodborough woman takes accidents in her stride during her Land End to John O'Groats charity walk.
22 April 2012
France is set to vote in a presidential election amid widespread disaffection caused by the eurozone crisis and high unemployment.
22 April 2012
Two fishermen in Mexico land themselves a large and unusual catch - a great white shark almost 20ft (six metres) in length.
22 April 2012
An estimated 36,500 fun runners, amateur athletes, celebrities and elite sportsmen and women will take part in the Virgin London Marathon later.
22 April 2012
Liverpool's three-day Sea Odyssey street theatre event is set to conclude with giant marionettes departing the city by boat on the River Mersey.
22 April 2012
France prepares to vote for a new president, with Nicolas Sarkozy facing a strong challenge from Socialist Francois Hollande amid deep economic woes.
22 April 2012
People living on the slopes of the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City are watching with concern as the volcano spews ash and burning rocks, and the authorities raise the alert level.
22 April 2012
Rarely seen documents chronicling the life of Queen Victoria are made public on a new website marking this year's Diamond Jubilee.
22 April 2012
The Bahraini authorities say they are "confident" the Formula 1 Grand Prix will not be disrupted by continuing anti-government protests.
22 April 2012
A light bulb which won a US Department of Energy contest for an alternative to a 60-watt incandescent bulb goes on sale for Earth Day - but with a $60 price tag.
22 April 2012
Convicted fraudster and ex-Lib Dem donor Michael Brown is being extradited to the UK from the Dominican Republic, police on the Caribbean island say.
21 April 2012
A French aid worker has been kidnapped in northern Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross says.
21 April 2012
Life in the Dutch village with no roads
21 April 2012
Norovirus has caused more than 1,000 hospital closures since 2009, according to Scottish government figures.
21 April 2012
Decent housing, good health and clean neighbourhoods are more important to Scots than money, according to a leading charity.
21 April 2012
The Maori actors who are putting a haka into Shakespeare
21 April 2012
Charles Colson, who was jailed over the Watergate scandal and went on to become an evangelical preacher and prison reformer, dies aged 80.
21 April 2012
Fire crews tackle blazes at two separate factory units in Leicester leading to road closures but there are no reports of injuries.
21 April 2012
A British diplomat is mugged in London, leaving him with facial injuries that have threatened the sight in one of his eyes, police say.
21 April 2012
Fresh elections look likely in the Netherlands as budget talks on a new fiscal austerity package break down after seven weeks.
21 April 2012
About 125 people are injured - at least 13 of them seriously - as two passenger trains collide in Amsterdam, Dutch officials say.
21 April 2012
More than 90 officers are taken to hospital with food poisoning at a jungle base in Peru used by police combating illegal miners.
21 April 2012
South Sudan accuses Sudan of bombing one of its oil facilities, despite recent moves to defuse the conflict between the two countries.
21 April 2012
Two passenger trains have collided in the Amsterdam area, with dozens of people injured in the crash.
21 April 2012
Cristiano Ronaldo scores the winner as Real Madrid close in on a first La Liga title since 2008 with victory at Barcelona.
21 April 2012
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb wakes from a coma after more than a week and begins to show signs of recovery.
21 April 2012
Adel Taarabt scores a match-winning free-kick and is then sent off as QPR boost their survival hopes and dent Tottenham's Champions League ambitions.
21 April 2012
Police investigating the deaths of mother and daughter who were killed in a fire in County Tyrone are revisiting the scene one week on from the tragedy.
21 April 2012
A Mexican General who had been convicted and later cleared of aiding a powerful drug lord is shot dead in Mexico City.
21 April 2012
Disabled rights campaigner Lord Ashley of Stoke dies at the age of 89 after a short battle with pneumonia.
21 April 2012
A woman in her early 30s dies in a two-vehicle road crash in Gwynedd, North Wales Police confirms.
21 April 2012
A man is found dead in Bahrain after overnight protests ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix - opposition activists say he was killed by the security forces.
21 April 2012
Newcastle continue their charge towards Champions League qualification with victory over Stoke in the Premier League.
21 April 2012
The Security Council votes to increase the number of UN observers in Syria to 300 for three months, as monitors on the ground visit restive Homs.
21 April 2012
Taxi drivers are asked for help by police investigating the theft of Chinese works of art worth at least £18m from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
21 April 2012
An ambulance targeted by thieves during a call-out to the scene of an arson attack in west Belfast will be off the road for several days.
21 April 2012
Voters in French overseas territories cast their ballots in the presidential election, a day before the rest of the country.
21 April 2012
Vietnam seeks international help for a mystery skin infection that has already killed 19 people and made 170 others ill.
21 April 2012
Famous Vienna street renamed over anti-Semite controversy
21 April 2012
The owners of the capsized Costa Concordia say work to re-float the cruise ship is to start in May, and will take a year.
21 April 2012
Wildlife rangers in Kenya shoot dead five suspected ivory poachers during a gun battle and recover 50kg of elephants' tusks.
21 April 2012
Queen's 86th birthday marked with 21-gun salutes around UK
21 April 2012
Two people are bailed in connection with the death a 16-year-old girl in York.
21 April 2012
World champion Sebastian Vettel takes his first pole position of the season in Bahrain, with Lewis Hamilton second.
21 April 2012
Japan agrees to write off more than $3.7bn (£2.29bn) of debt to Burma as its president continues his first visit there.
21 April 2012
A man who admitted killing more than 50 huskies in the Canadian province of British Columbia is charged with animal cruelty.
21 April 2012
Paul Murray tells BBC Scotland his Blue Knights consortium will work over the weekend to table a new bid for Rangers on Monday.
21 April 2012
The government may be on the verge of ordering an inferior warplane for the Royal Navy's new generation of aircraft carrier in order to save money.
21 April 2012
The US president calls on the leaders of South Sudan and Sudan to return to negotiations, as the South ends its occupation of a key oil field.
21 April 2012
Compulsory microchips for dogs are to be introduced in England, under plans expected to be announced by government ministers on Monday.
21 April 2012
The reading habits of medieval people reveal details of their lifestyle, in research carried out at St Andrews University.
21 April 2012
Ten tonnes of explosives were seized during the arrest of militants in Kabul planning a massive attack, security officials in Afghanistan say.
21 April 2012
A hacking attack cripples US-based Chinese-language website Boxun for several hours, its manager says, after reports on the Bo Xilai scandal.
21 April 2012
The volcano, near Mexico City, has been spewing glowing rock fragments and ash from more than 60 openings in its crust.
21 April 2012
A 47-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of involvement in dissident republican activity.
21 April 2012
Chancellor George Osborne tells the BBC he wants to work with charities and donors to ensure Budget changes do not hit charities' income.
21 April 2012
The neighbourhood watch volunteer accused of murdering an unarmed black teenager in Florida has been granted bail.
21 April 2012
Writer Peter Ackroyd on time, terrain and the shadows of London
21 April 2012
Several of those present at the event on the Kinder Scout, in Derbyshire, were jailed for their actions but the event is widely hailed as the most significant in the battle for the right to roam.
21 April 2012
Shadow Welsh Secretary Peter Hain calls for a direct rail link between Wales and Heathrow Airport, which he says is vital.
21 April 2012
A group of prominent Anglicans has written a letter to The Times saying gay marriage is not something to be feared by the Church.
21 April 2012
Three giant marionettes continue their procession through the streets of Liverpool on day two of a weekend-long street theatre production inspired by the Titanic.
21 April 2012
The US Secret Service says three more employees are resigning over the prostitution scandal at an international summit in Colombia last weekend.
21 April 2012
Paralysed woman to tackle marathon with help of 'robot legs'
21 April 2012
The leader of a group of US nuns the Vatican accuses of flouting Church teaching and espousing radical feminist views flatly rejects the charges.
21 April 2012
The UN Security Council draws up a draft resolution to send 300 monitors to Syria, after divisions remain among member states over the details.
21 April 2012
A council-owned building firm is one of 16 Scottish companies to have won a Queen's Award for enterprise.
21 April 2012
Two British twins, who were 16 when they allegedly defrauded investors out of $1.2m via a bogus stock-picking robot, face charges in the US.
20 April 2012
A memorial service will be held in Edinburgh later for people whose lives have been lost to an eating disorder.
20 April 2012
Better ways to spot landing sites on the Moon are part of a Nasa competition to harness "citizen scientists".
20 April 2012
Pakistan begins mourning the victims of a plane crash in a residential area near Islamabad airport - all 127 on board are believed to have died.
20 April 2012
Why presidential hopefuls recall France's glorious past
20 April 2012
Norwegians find it hard to avoid blanket coverage of Breivik trial
20 April 2012
At-risk premature babies would benefit from being given milk-feeds earlier, a study has suggested.
20 April 2012
Many vulnerable people facing family breakdown could end up without legal representation as a result of legal aid plans, a legal group warns.
20 April 2012
It is understood a meeting in Pomeroy to discuss the investigation of a parish priest has been told that Father Martin McVeigh has been exonerated.
20 April 2012
Teenager Adam Smith's hat-trick on his debut makes it two St Helens wins in a week over Widnes with an 11-try rout.
20 April 2012
BBC coverage of the 2012 London Marathon. (UK users only)
20 April 2012
The European Parliament says it "deplores" Argentina's expropriation of the Spanish-controlled oil firm YPF.
20 April 2012
Newcastle close the gap on Premiership relegation rivals Wasps with a losing bonus point as Saracens clinch a semi-final spot.
20 April 2012
The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons welcomes the decision to withdraw a breast enhancement treatment used in "lunchtime boob jobs".
20 April 2012
Government plans to cull badgers in England are to to be reviewed in the High Court following a legal challenge by the Badger Trust.
20 April 2012
The IMF says it has pledges for the $400bn (£247bn) extra funds it was seeking to help economies in trouble - including just under $15bn from the UK.
20 April 2012
Live uninterrupted coverage of the World Snooker Championship from the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. (UK only)
20 April 2012
The head of the Disney film studio, Rich Ross, resigns as chairman just a month after the film John Carter became one of the company's biggest flops.
20 April 2012
People living on the slopes of the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City are watching with concern as the volcano spews ash and burning rocks.
20 April 2012
A group of high school students in California have launched a rubber chicken to the edge of space, all in the name of science.
20 April 2012
A motorway is shut after a lorry sheds its load of baked beans across three lanes of the southbound carriageway in Essex.
20 April 2012
Health chiefs are investigating an outbreak of a flu-like illness at a residential home in Carmarthenshire.
20 April 2012
A judge sets bail at $150,000 for George Zimmerman, the man charged with murder over the death of unarmed black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
20 April 2012
Researchers prove a novel method of determining whether atmospheric CO2 was created by natural sources or by the burning of fossil fuels.
20 April 2012
Parliamentary officials have reportedly cut a deal to almost halve the cost of indoor House of Commons fig trees - from £32,500 to £18,500 a year.
20 April 2012
Rock group Alabama Shakes debut at number one on the first ever Official Record Store Chart, which reflects sales at the UK's independent record shops.
20 April 2012
Labour's Ken Livingstone and the Green Party's Jenny Jones pull out of a BBC London radio debate over the inclusion of the British National Party.
20 April 2012
A former bank worker is jailed for eight months for stealing more than £20,000 from two of his former colleagues.
20 April 2012
A woman who killed her five-year-old son set fire to herself in a train's toilet cubicle on the 14th anniversary of his death, an inquest hears.
20 April 2012
Opposition supporters in Bahrain attend a mass protest demanding an end to the crackdown on dissent and the cancellation of Sunday's Grand Prix.
20 April 2012
As China's communist party admit that Neil Heywood may have been murdered, there are still questions about whether the real reason for the British businessman's death will ever emerge.
20 April 2012
Convicted US killer Marcus Robinson is ordered off death row after a judge determines that racial bias was evident during jury selection in his 1994 trial.
20 April 2012
Europe's troubled flagship Earth observer, Envisat, is pictured by another spacecraft flying just underneath it.
20 April 2012
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says he is disappointed with the standard of refereeing in the Premier League.
20 April 2012
As preparations continue across the country for the London Olympics, cyclist Sir Chris Hoy talks about inspiring new champions and how he became a Olympic gold medalist.
20 April 2012
Marianne Faithfull, the singer and former muse of Mick Jagger, uses an art exhibition at the Tate Liverpool gallery to confront her troubled past.
20 April 2012
A Delta Airlines plane has made an emergency landing in New York after an apparent bird strike.
20 April 2012
Four firefighters died after being sent into "an obviously dangerous situation" in a blazing warehouse for no good reason, a court hears.
20 April 2012
Footballer Ched Evans is jailed for five years after being found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman, while another player Clayton McDonald is cleared.
20 April 2012
An airliner crashes near Islamabad international airport, according to Pakistani media reports and local police.
20 April 2012
The Florida man accused of murder over the killing of an unarmed black teenager appears in court for a second time as he seeks bail.
20 April 2012
American businessman Bill Miller challenges fellow Rangers bidders to make final offers as he reveals his own proposals.
20 April 2012
The Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll murder trial hears how police compiled a list of 99 potential suspects after the Glasgow gangland figure was shot dead.
20 April 2012
At least 18 Islamist militants are killed in an army offensive aimed at capturing the capital of Abyan province, Yemen's defence ministry says.
20 April 2012
News Group Newspapers is facing 46 new claims in the phone-hacking civil litigation, including from footballer Wayne Rooney and Sir John Major's former daughter-in-law Emma Noble.
20 April 2012
South Sudan's president orders the withdrawal of troops from the Heglig oil field in Sudan, an occupation that sparked fears of all-out war.
20 April 2012
Anders Behring Breivik, who is on trial in Norway for killing 77 people last July, tells a Norwegian court he shot people who were begging for their lives.
20 April 2012
A married couple admit trying to steal almost £100,000 from an 84-year-old widow with Alzheimer's.
20 April 2012
It is just four weeks before the Olympic torch relay sets off from Lands End on its 8,000 mile journey around the UK.
20 April 2012
Bahrain crown prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa rules out cancelling the weekend's grand prix despite violent protests.
20 April 2012
Tens of thousands of protesters cram into Cairo's Tahrir Square to demonstrate against continuing military rule in Egypt.
20 April 2012
"Play The Guitar in a Day" creator Bert Weedon, has died at the age of 91
20 April 2012
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says the protests in Bahrain have nothing to do with F1.
20 April 2012
A man admits sexually abusing boys in his care while working as a children's activity supervisor on Cunard luxury cruise ships.
20 April 2012
A uniform combining the name of a police force with a private company logo is introduced for what is thought to be the first time.
20 April 2012
Labour leader Ed Miliband says his party is "back in touch" with people as he hits the local council election campaign trail in Merthyr.
20 April 2012
Two-time winner Mark Williams says he "hates" Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on the eve of the World Snooker Championship, staged at the venue.
20 April 2012
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg is fastest ahead of Mark Webber in the second practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
20 April 2012
Leading universities doubled their spending on senior staff in less than a decade, a report claims.
20 April 2012
YouTube could face a huge bill for royalties after it loses a court battle in Germany over music videos.
20 April 2012
Downing Street says the government will resist "vigorously" any application for bail by radical cleric Abu Qatada.
20 April 2012
One in five students at new £18,000 private London college are from state schools, show figures for the first intake.
20 April 2012
The pilot of a coastguard helicopter in Shetland is suspended after dropping in on a butcher in Orkney to pick up meat.
20 April 2012
The European Parliament passes a resolution condemning a nationalisation that has strained relations between Spain and Argentina.
20 April 2012
Metro bus drivers in Belfast return to work after staging strike action on Friday over the suspension of a colleague.
20 April 2012
North Wales Police are the only Welsh force to see an overall rise in crime over the past year with burglaries up 22%.
20 April 2012
Three teenagers are sentenced to life for the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at a central London Tube station.
20 April 2012
A blogger has highlighted the issue of unused electronics waste in one of China's most polluted towns.
20 April 2012
Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik tells his trial he is "normally a very nice person" but "dehumanised" himself after 2006.
20 April 2012
The stage version of The King's Speech is to close, after its producers admit that the play followed too quickly after the Oscar-winning film.
20 April 2012
The multi-millionaire owner of a County Durham company announces he is to leave the company to benefit the community rather than his family.
20 April 2012
Princess Cruises says it is sorry that one of its ships sailed past an adrift fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean, leaving two of the men to die.
20 April 2012
Influential guitarist Bert Weedon, who inspired musicians such as Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Brian May, dies aged 91.
20 April 2012
Five bakers in Nigeria have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist gunmen in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, police say.
20 April 2012
Supergroup, the company behind the fashion chain Superdry, has issued its second profits warning of the year blaming accounting errors.
20 April 2012
Force India will finish second practice early at the Bahrain Grand Prix so they can return to their hotel before dark.
20 April 2012
Tesco's UK profits have fallen for the first time in 20 years. But what went wrong for the supermarket giant?
20 April 2012
A full dress rehearsal of the Olympic torch relay is being staged on an 80-mile section from Leicester to Peterborough.
20 April 2012
A site which published intimate pictures of men and women without their permission is closed by its owner and handed over to an anti-bullying group.
20 April 2012
The jury retires to consider its verdicts in the trial of footballers Ched Evans and Clayton McDonald, who are accused of raping a 19-year-old woman.
20 April 2012
Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, tells the BBC British Formula One drivers should boycott the Bahrain Grand Prix.
20 April 2012
Security has been tightened in Bahrain in preparation for protests, as Formula 1 cars take to the track for practice sessions ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix.
20 April 2012
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi makes a rare appearance at his trial in Milan for paying for sex with an underage girl.
20 April 2012
Three men from Birmingham are arrested by West Midlands counter-terrorism police after arriving at Heathrow Airport on a flight from Oman.
20 April 2012
UK retail sales volumes jumped 1.8% in March compared with the previous month, official figures show, the biggest rise in more than a year.
20 April 2012
A regulator has warned businesses to avoid using "misleading or undesirable" trading names that suggest they are charities or helplines.
20 April 2012
Leonard Cohen's former manager is jailed for 18 months for harassing the singer-songwriter.
20 April 2012
Chancellor George Osborne is under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide more loans to help economies in trouble.
20 April 2012
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp "would make a good England coach", says Bolton Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside.
20 April 2012
The average UK petrol price has risen to a new high of 142.48p per litre, motoring association the AA has said, with Northern Ireland prices even higher.
20 April 2012
Amadou Toumani Toure, ousted as Mali's leader in last month's coup, flees to Senegal, even though many of his allies are freed.
20 April 2012
Peston on the bank executives facing pressure over pay
20 April 2012
A couple acquitted of murdering their four-month-old son call for an inquiry into two London hospitals responsible for his care.
20 April 2012
Chongqing police knew UK man Neil Heywood had been murdered and a cover-up began immediately, a senior Chinese journalist tells the BBC.
20 April 2012
The British Olympic Association believes it will lose its court battle with the World Anti-Doping Agency, BBC Sport understands.
20 April 2012
Fears are being raised new 5p and 10p coins being introduced into circulation in the UK could cause skin problems.
20 April 2012
Levon Helm, singer and drummer for rock group The Band - formerly Bob Dylan's back-up group - dies aged 71.
20 April 2012
Major film and television studios lose a landmark case over illegal video downloads in Australia, as the High Court issues its ruling.
20 April 2012
Candidates in the French presidential election head out for the final day of campaigning before voters go to the polls on Sunday.
20 April 2012
Police in New York have launched a renewed search for a long-missing child, Etan Patz, who was six years old when he disappeared in 1979.
20 April 2012
A 30ft girl, a dog the size of a van and a deep sea diver taller than most buildings will be roaming around Liverpool as part of street theatre called 'Sea Odyssey'
20 April 2012
A young couple acquitted of murdering their baby son have called for an inquiry into two London hospitals responsible for his care.
20 April 2012
Disabled people air their grievances about the difficulties they face using public transport at a meeting attended by bus, rail and taxi chiefs.
20 April 2012
A huge fire has broken out at an oil company in the United States. Fire crews battled the flames at an oil depot in Springfield, Ohio.
20 April 2012
Uncomfortable reading for home secretary as headlines remain focused on Abu Qatada
20 April 2012
The former speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Lord Alderdice, has been asked to lead a new initiative aimed at resolving parade disputes in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
20 April 2012
Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater.
20 April 2012
David Cameron is warned he will face a substantial rebellion by his own MPs if the government tries to change the structure of the House of Lords.
20 April 2012
Singing to fight West's ignorance and rediscover African roots
20 April 2012
Burmese President Thein Sein is in Japan for a visit expected to focus on financial aid and debt relief, as the EU prepares to suspend sanctions.
20 April 2012
New York police and FBI are excavating a Manhattan basement as they seek clues into the 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz.
20 April 2012
A British man jailed for plotting to blow up a plane says he met Osama Bin Laden, in a landmark testimony at a New York terror trial.
20 April 2012
Will "improper" meanings of words take over?
19 April 2012
First Minister Alex Salmond tells US businessman Donald Trump he is determined to ensure Scotland reaps the benefits of offshore wind.
19 April 2012
Warm, dry weather leads to a significant rise in the numbers of rare butterflies in the UK, a study suggests.
19 April 2012
SNP leader Alex Salmond is to launch his party's council election drive ahead of the vote on 3 May.
19 April 2012
Planned births at home and in midwifery units are more cost-effective than giving birth in hospital, particularly for women having their second child, says a study.
19 April 2012
A North Pole wedding, the 24 hour TV channel for dogs and the man who jumped off the highest vertical cliff in the UK in this week's Odd Box.
19 April 2012
Small electric vehicles with rechargeable batteries are becoming more popular in China.
19 April 2012
Spain seeks to rally international support as it prepares its response to Argentina's expropriation of the Spanish-controlled oil firm YPF.
19 April 2012
The Pakistani women destroyed by brutal acid attacks
19 April 2012
The BBC's Ian Pannell reports from the town of Taftanaz where a massacre is reported to have been carried out by Syrian forces after the ceasefire began.
19 April 2012
Researchers create artificial DNA and RNA molecules that interact with their natural counterparts, hinting at future "synthetic genetics".
19 April 2012
President Ahmadinejad was forced into an impromptu meeting with a woman in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas after she took the opportunity for a brief chat while sitting on the roof of his car.
19 April 2012
The BBC's David Sillito reports on a scale model of Stonehenge that you can bounce on.
19 April 2012
The UN tribunal trying Rwandan genocide suspects transfers pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi to Kigali - the first suspect to face justice in Rwanda.
19 April 2012
Retired Nasa space shuttle Discovery has arrived at its new home, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center.
19 April 2012
A soldier who died of his wounds in a UK hospital after being injured by an explosion in southern Afghanistan last week is named as Sapper Connor Ray.
19 April 2012
Footage of the moment when three men were hit by a car during riots in Birmingham is shown at the trial of their alleged murderers.
19 April 2012
Finance minister Sammy Wilson has criticised the Attorney General John Larkin over his decision to take contempt of court proceedings against the former Secretary of State Peter Hain.
19 April 2012
Pressure mounts on Foreign Secretary William Hague, to explain why Britain did not intervene more quickly over the death of a British businessman in China.
19 April 2012
New talks aimed at averting strikes by fuel tanker drivers are to be held on Monday, conciliation service Acas has said.
19 April 2012
Novak Djokovic beats Alexandr Dolgopolov at the Monte Carlo Masters, hours after suffering the loss of his grandfather.
19 April 2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the situation in Syria remains "highly precarious", as initial agreement is reached on the deployment of ceasefire observers.
19 April 2012
A surgeon at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary had to complete an operation by torchlight after maintenance workers switched off the power.
19 April 2012
News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch and his son James are to appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week, the inqury confirms.
19 April 2012
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Malians fleeing to Mauritania in the wake of the northern rebellion and coup, a medical charity says.
19 April 2012
Why welfare changes may prove too complex
19 April 2012
The home secretary defends her handling of attempts to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada, but tells MPs he is likely to remain in the UK "for many months".
19 April 2012
Apprentice star and Labour peer Lord Sugar has urged people not to vote for his party's London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone.
19 April 2012
An elderly man has died following a fire in Castlederg, County Tyrone.
19 April 2012
A cage-fighting loan shark from Stoke-on-Trent is jailed for illegal money lending, blackmail and money laundering.
19 April 2012
Government web surveillance plans will create a "nation of suspects", says former shadow home secretary David Davis.
19 April 2012
A Welsh TV cameraman risks being thrown out of a White House reception to take a snap of President Obama, as part of a charity campaign.
19 April 2012
A US base is dismantled, but Afghanistan's Taliban fight on
19 April 2012
Saroo Brierly told BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire about tracking down his birth mother using Google Earth.
19 April 2012
A woman is so determined to speak to President Ahmadinejad during a tour of Bandar Abbas that she defies his bodyguards and clambers on top of his open-top car.
19 April 2012
A convicted murderer goes on trial accused of killing his neighbour in south Wales in a "determined and merciless" attack.
19 April 2012
Bolton boss Owen Coyle says it would not surprise him if Fabrice Muamba plays football again, but stresses he will need time.
19 April 2012
Aardman Animation characters Wallace and Gromit are to make an appearance at this year's BBC Proms, it is announced.
19 April 2012
BBC Sport takes a look at the players most likely to win the World Championship in Sheffield
19 April 2012
A woman at the centre of the US Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia asked for $800 (£500) for one night in Cartagena, a US report says.
19 April 2012
A study of mobile phone calls suggests that women call their spouse most frequently earlier and over an longer period of time than men.
19 April 2012
Police arrest protesters in Moscow during a custody hearing for three women - alleged members of punk band Pussy Riot - charged with violating public order.
19 April 2012
After 70 years, two papers on the theory of code breaking by mathematician Alan Turing are released to the National Archives.
19 April 2012
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has accused the government of presiding over a "farce" in its efforts to deport the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada.
19 April 2012
Why a tradition among Bradford's UK-born Pakistani community is growing
19 April 2012
Films by Ken Loach and David Cronenberg will compete for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
19 April 2012
A seven-year-old boy collapses while playing with a football at a school in Cheshire and dies in hospital.
19 April 2012
British manufacturer SSTL completes the first of 22 spacecraft payloads for Galileo - Europe's version of the American Global Positioning System (GPS).
19 April 2012
Thousands of fans attend the funeral of footballer Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died during a match in Italy.
19 April 2012
Three men are jailed for life for a shooting in a south London shop which left a five-year-old girl paralysed.
19 April 2012
A consultation that led to the proposed closure of a paediatric heart unit at a west London hospital is lawful, the Court of Appeal rules.
19 April 2012
President Barack Obama leads tributes to TV veteran Dick Clark, who has died at the age of 82.
19 April 2012
Force India team members flee as petrol bombs are hurled over their vehicle on their way back from the Bahrain Grand Prix track.
19 April 2012
Qualcomm warns that it cannot meet demand for its Snapdragon S4 processors, used in mid-range smartphones.
19 April 2012
Songs performed by Jews in a Nazi ghetto in Prague have been painstakingly recreated by a group in Tel Aviv.
19 April 2012
Insurance and home repair company HomeServe is fined £750,000 by Ofcom for making too many silent or abandoned calls to customers.
19 April 2012
Robberies and other crimes against the person increase by 8% in 2011, despite overall recorded crime falling by 3%.
19 April 2012
Andy Murray moves into the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters after Julien Benneteau retires with an ankle injury.
19 April 2012
Scotland's largest police force is heavily criticised for conducting an illegal pursuit on a motorway.
19 April 2012
The Vatican orders a crackdown on Roman Catholic nuns in the US after concerns are raised about "certain radical feminist themes".
19 April 2012
Researchers go hunting for the source of the highest-energy particles we know of, and rule out one of the two presumed sources.
19 April 2012
Electricity bills could be cut by £72 over five years if proposals from the utility regulator come into force.
19 April 2012
An Australian public servant who injured herself while having sex on a work trip wins compensation in court, local media report.
19 April 2012
The new owner of Peacocks plans 147 job cuts at three distribution centres in south Wales, saying the proposal as a "legacy" of the retailer's administration.
19 April 2012
Spain's borrowing costs rise for 10-year bonds at a debt auction on Thursday, but it manages to sell all of the bonds on offer.
19 April 2012
Labour MPs will seek to force a Commons vote on plans to freeze age-related tax allowances for pensioners - the so-called "granny tax".
19 April 2012
Drag racer Matt Hagan has escaped unharmed after his car exploded and burst into flames in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday.
19 April 2012
Three people are released on bail after being questioned by police investigating the murders of a family of four in Northamptonshire.
19 April 2012
British writer EL James tells Newsnight she is "completely stunned" by the popular reaction to these books.
19 April 2012
Men At Work flautist Greg Ham has been found dead at his Melbourne home, according to Australian reports.
19 April 2012
Police arrest a Sun journalist and two other people as part of a probe into illegal payments made to public officials by journalists, after News Corporation provided vital information
19 April 2012
One of the highlights of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend in June is the pageant of boats that will sail down the Thames.
19 April 2012
GB hockey players can choose email, text, phone or face-to-face to find out if they have made the Olympics
19 April 2012
The opening of the National Theatre's production of One Man, Two Guvnors on Broadway is met with largely positive reviews.
19 April 2012
Jess Thom describes her online campaign to celebrate the humour and creativity of Tourette's Syndrome.
19 April 2012
European Union diplomats are reported to have reached a preliminary deal to suspend most sanctions against Burma for a year.
19 April 2012
A funeral service with full military honours is taking place in Didcot later for a serviceman shot by a Afghan soldier.
19 April 2012
Imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to attend a new trial for tax evasion, citing problems with her health.
19 April 2012
The quality of work experience is strongly linked to future career paths - but needs to rely on more than well-connected parents, says a report from heads and employers.
19 April 2012
Gavin Hewitt on who is pulling the big crowds before presidential vote
19 April 2012
The Law Society calls on the Welsh government for clarity the rights of a dead person's relatives if a new "opt out" organ donation law is introduced.
19 April 2012
Anders Behring Breivik complies with a request not to make a far-right salute in court, ahead of questioning on his Oslo bomb attack.
19 April 2012
A series of deadly blasts strikes a number of Iraqi cities, killing at least 15 people and injuring many more, police say.
19 April 2012
A Chinese fisherman is sentenced to 30 years in jail for stabbing a South Korean coast guard to death at sea last year.
19 April 2012
A project that would have created hundreds jobs in Scotland's offshore wind sector has been scrapped after a major foreign investor pulled out.
19 April 2012
Debenhams reports a slight rise in half-year profits, but says it remains cautious about the economic outlook for the rest of the year.
19 April 2012
A woman whose home is standing in the way of a planned shopping development vows to stay put despite being offered a new house.
19 April 2012
The Duchess of Cambridge's impact on scouting is hailed as figures show Welsh scout numbers rising faster than the rest of the UK.
19 April 2012
India has test fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile said to be capable of reaching as far as China or Europe.
19 April 2012
Two women are charged in connection with the murder of Simon Tang in Carrickfergus nearly 16 years ago.
19 April 2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Syria has failed to comply with a peace plan obligation to pull forces out of urban areas and urges more observers.
19 April 2012
Criticisms of Boris Johnson's key policy to tackle youth violence were removed from the official report into the scheme, leaked documents show.
19 April 2012
Japan's exports rose in March, data shows, boosted by a jump in car shipments as the sector continues to recover from last year's natural disasters.
19 April 2012
Welfare changes may mean thousands of England's poorest children lose their entitlement to free school meals, a charity warns.
19 April 2012
NHS money is being wasted by hospitals wrongly charging the health service for treating short-stay patients, a watchdog says.
19 April 2012
Thousands of attempts have been made to hack into the computers of Britain's largest provider of abortion services, the BBC learns.
19 April 2012
India has test launched a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, media reports say.
19 April 2012
One of Egypt's leading Islamic clerics is criticised after praying at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, despite Arab opposition to visiting Israel-controlled areas.
19 April 2012
The search for 140 people, 129 of them Pakistani soldiers, buried by an avalanche near the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir is continuing.
19 April 2012
A 101-year-old runner has told the BBC that this Sunday’s London Marathon will be his last long distance race.
19 April 2012
Ministers from 47 countries will meet later to discuss the UK's plans to limit the powers of the European Court of Human Rights.
19 April 2012
Shooting has broken out during a visit to a Damascus suburb by an advance team of UN observers, activists say.
19 April 2012
The government writes to the European Court of Human Rights to insist it should not hear radical cleric Abu Qatada's appeal against deportation.
19 April 2012
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, appoints respected Finance Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo as prime minister.
19 April 2012
The sufferings of Tamils trying to escape Sri Lanka
18 April 2012
A 474-year-old painting stolen by Nazis during World War II has been returned by US officials to the heirs of its Paris-based Italian Jewish owner.
18 April 2012
The songs and postcards appear to be right - a study suggests we really do like to be beside the seaside.
18 April 2012
A growing number of teenagers are signing up to become scout leaders, the annual census from the Scout Association shows.
18 April 2012
Mexican police seize more than 250,000 rifle bullets on a trailer being driven across the border from the US.
18 April 2012
Three members of the US Secret Service are leaving the agency following a prostitution scandal in Colombia ahead of President Obama's visit.
18 April 2012
The Scottish government denies Labour claims it is "causing real misery" in communities by cutting grants given to bus operators.
18 April 2012
Louis Theroux and a school with more teachers than pupils
18 April 2012
Sir David Attenborough's Frozen Planet will take on panel show host Keith Lemon and Sherlock at the TV Baftas next month.
18 April 2012
Capturing and burying the greenhouse gas CO2 from power stations is viable - but long-term government support will be needed, a report says.
18 April 2012
In 2000 Daniel Suelo gave away all his cash and began living in caves in Utah. Mark Sundeen, author of "The Man Who Quit Money", explains what his story tells us about modern America.
18 April 2012
The latest salvo in the battle to launch a digital wallet is unveiled - with a mini, stick-on credit card.
18 April 2012
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola claims Chelsea are now favourites to reach the Champions League final after the holders were beaten at Stamford Bridge.
18 April 2012
Thousands of rural workers in Honduras join land invasions as a part of a dispute with large landowners and the government.
18 April 2012
The European Parliament is to vote on controversial plans to give the United States access to personal information about airline passengers.
18 April 2012
Nato ministers are maintaining the war in Afghanistan is still on track.
18 April 2012
Mechanical animals park hopes to regenerate French city
18 April 2012
A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of John Mongan in February 2008.
18 April 2012
An out-of-control car flew over a creek in Sao Paulo, Brazil and embedded itself in the side of a house.
18 April 2012
Didier Drogba gives Chelsea a precious lead to take to the Nou Camp for the Champions League semi-final second leg.
18 April 2012
One of America's best-known veteran television personalities, Dick Clark, has died aged 82, after suffering a heart attack, his agent says.
18 April 2012
Dick Clark, a veteran US TV presenter and producer, has died at the age of 82. ABC News, his long-time network, looks back at his career.
18 April 2012
Online retailer and auction site eBay reports an increase in sales and profit for the first quarter of the year.
18 April 2012
A car crash victim whose family were told by doctors that they would have to turn off his life-support machine due to the extent of his injuries is now living a normal life.
18 April 2012
South Africans have expressed outrage over the spread of a video that allegedly shows a teenaged girl being raped by a group of men.
18 April 2012
John Wiley & Sons, publisher of the "For Dummies" guide books, demands the trial of four suspected file-sharers.
18 April 2012
The government defeats an attempt by MPs to overturn changes to VAT charged on takeaway food, dubbed "the pasty tax".
18 April 2012
Brian Kennedy makes an "improved offer" to take control of Rangers and awaits a response from the club's administrators.
18 April 2012
BBC Sport editor David Bond takes a look at the fitness of some of GB's medal hopes with 100 days until the London 2012 opening ceremony.
18 April 2012
A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama wants those responsible for abuse of Afghan corpses in 2010 to be held responsible.
18 April 2012
Researchers see electrons turning into a never-before-seen "quasi-particle" that carries the electron's properties around in a material.
18 April 2012
The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the UN have released a four-minute video urging President Assad's wife Asma to help end the violence in Syria.
18 April 2012
A nurse has admitted fatally shooting a woman and stealing her baby outside a paediatric centre near Houston, Texas, authorities say.
18 April 2012
The radical cleric's deportation is in doubt after an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, which the home secretary calls a "delaying tactic".
18 April 2012
More than three-quarters of families in London have a place at their first choice of primary school for the autumn, despite a rise in applications.
18 April 2012
A "violent and domineering" man accused of shooting dead his ex-partner and two-year-old child attempted to blame others for the deaths, a court hears.
18 April 2012
A prison officer who was found naked in bed with a missing inmate is convicted of helping him abscond from jail.
18 April 2012
Cuba hails a Latin American "rebellion" against US dominance at the Summit of the Americas last weekend.
18 April 2012
What we currently call breast cancer should be thought of as 10 completely separate diseases, according to a study which has been described as a landmark moment for treatment.
18 April 2012
One in four university places is expected to be kept available for top-grade A-level applicants this year.
18 April 2012
A car crashes into the front of a WH Smith kiosk at a Birmingham hospital, leaving a woman with critical injuries.
18 April 2012
Bahraini security forces fire stun grenades at protesters gathered outside a cultural exhibition in Manama for Sunday's Formula 1 Grand Prix.
18 April 2012
The UK will fund Afghan security forces after British combat operations in the country cease in 2014, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.
18 April 2012
British scientists have restored the sight of blind mice by transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptor cells into their eyes.
18 April 2012
A council is criticised over the presence of an inflatable, sinking ship in one of its parks on the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic.
18 April 2012
Sudan's president says his goal is to liberate South Sudan's people from their government, as fears grow of an all-out war between the two countries.
18 April 2012
What we currently call breast cancer should be thought of as 10 completely separate diseases, according to a study which has been described as a landmark moment for treatment.
18 April 2012
Mali's former President Amadou Toumani Toure, whose whereabouts had been unknown since being ousted in a coup last month, is in the Senegalese embassy in Bamako, President Macky Sall of Senegal says.
18 April 2012
Fuel tanker drivers' representatives reject a deal aimed at resolving the dispute over working conditions - but say they are not going on strike.
18 April 2012
Volkswagen's Audi arm has bought Italian motorcycle firm Ducati for an undisclosed sum, it has said.
18 April 2012
Efforts to create customised medicines using 3D printer-based technology are being developed in Glasgow.
18 April 2012
World wide web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said people should protest against current plans to increase internet monitoring.
18 April 2012
Translink confirms that fares on a number of bus and rail routes across Northern Ireland are set to rise.
18 April 2012
Jenson Button says he trusts the FIA's decision to go ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix, despite concern over civil unrest.
18 April 2012
Former Australia and Saracens fly-half Michael Lynagh is being treated at a hospital in Brisbane after falling ill.
18 April 2012
A British soldier dies from his injuries following a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan last week, the Ministry of Defence says.
18 April 2012
BBC Radio 5 live's Tony Livesey spoke to the 14-year-old whose voice has become an internet sensation.
18 April 2012
Chilled tomato soup, Coronation Chicken and Scottish smoked salmon will be served to guests attending a special Queen's Diamond Jubilee picnic.
18 April 2012
One of the pilots who has flown the adapted shuttle-carrying 747 has spoken to the BBC about the challenge of flying with such an unusual load.
18 April 2012
The celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has been showing off some of the culinary delights in his picnic, designed for those attending a Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace.
18 April 2012
Self-immolations shake faith in Dalai Lama's path of non-violence
18 April 2012
The US condemns the conduct of several American soldiers shown apparently abusing the corpses of suspected Afghan insurgents in 2010.
18 April 2012
At Horse Guards Parade, 260 members of the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots and Welsh Guards formed the number 100 in recognition of the day.
18 April 2012
Owner JP McManus says the Grand National "should not be devalued" in future after the deaths of two horses, including his Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised
18 April 2012
Three people are arrested by police investigating the murders of a family of four in Northamptonshire.
18 April 2012
Syrian security forces are reportedly shelling rebel-held areas of Homs, as the UN's secretary general prepares to ask for a larger observer mission.
18 April 2012
UK unemployment has fallen by 35,000 to 2.65 million, the first fall since last spring, according to the Office for National Statistics.
18 April 2012
The first steel slab is produced at the SSI plant in Redcar more than two years after the former Corus site is mothballed.
18 April 2012
Anders Behring Breivik tells the prosecution at his Oslo trial to "ridicule me less" as he is questioned about the far-right network he says he belonged to.
18 April 2012
The Italian government slashes its forecast for the economy in 2012 and admits it will not be able to balance the budget in 2013.
18 April 2012
Wales and Sheffield United footballer Ched Evans says a woman he is accused of raping was in control and "not very drunk", a trial hears.
18 April 2012
Sudan and South Sudan accuse each other of opening up a new front along the disputed border, raising fears of all-out war.
18 April 2012
King Juan Carlos apologises to the Spanish people for going on a hunting trip in Africa while his country was in economic crisis.
18 April 2012
David Cameron defends tax changes in last month's Budget after Labour leader Ed Miliband said they were a "shambles" and showed the government's incompetence.
18 April 2012
Seven people from one traveller family abused and beat up to 24 vulnerable men they kept in captivity and made them work without pay, a court hears.
18 April 2012
The penalty for illegal street parking in Northern Ireland is set to increase from £60 to £90.
18 April 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged that it had been a "tough month" for him as opposition leader Ed Miliband branded the Budget an "omni-shambles".
18 April 2012
Yahoo's new chief executive says about 50 products will be shut down or "transitioned" as part of his turnaround plan.
18 April 2012
Inflation will fall more slowly than predicted during the rest of this year, according to Paul Tucker, a deputy governor of the Bank of England.
18 April 2012
MPs find children are viewing pornography and other unsuitable content online and they want more done to block it.
18 April 2012
Four files relating to alleged offences committed by journalists have been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider if charges can be brought.
18 April 2012
An MSP thrown out of the SNP amid domestic abuse allegations has claimed an "orchestrated smear campaign" is being conducted against him.
18 April 2012
A proposal to study Jupiter's icy moons - known as Juice - is now the front runner in the competition to select Europe's next big space mission.
18 April 2012
Unemployment in Scotland fell by 12,000 to 219,000 in the three months to February 2012, according to official figures.
18 April 2012
A prominent human rights campaigner has been sentenced to four years in prison by a state security tribunal in Saudi Arabia, campaigners says.
18 April 2012
Readers' responses to a Saudi princess’s call for change
18 April 2012
A museum in Italy has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts which it says have left cultural institutions out of pocket.
18 April 2012
Cricket kit belonging to the late England and Surrey cricketer Ben Hollioake is stolen from his parents' home in Perth.
18 April 2012
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to travel abroad for the first time in 24 years, suggesting she has growing confidence in reforms.
18 April 2012
Companies should give a job to "the surly young man in a hoodie" from the UK rather than someone from overseas, the employment minister is to say.
18 April 2012
A convicted murderer whose sentencing at the High Court in Edinburgh is the first in Britain to be filmed for broadcast on the same day, is jailed for life.
18 April 2012
David Gilroy was told he would serve a minimum of 18 years for killing Suzanne Pilley, whose body has never been found.
18 April 2012
Police investigating the murder of father of two Simon Tang in Carrickfergus 16 years ago arrest two women in the town.
18 April 2012
Teenagers regularly get an average of only six and a half hours of sleep a night.
18 April 2012
A study released exclusively to the BBC claims Team GB is on track for its biggest gold-medal haul in a century at London 2012.
18 April 2012
Analogue television is switched off in London, 75 years after it was first invented.
18 April 2012
The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the UN have released a four-minute video urging President Assad's wife to help end the violence in Syria.
18 April 2012
Another 100,000 people may be moved from the area around China's huge Three Gorges Dam because of landslides and bank collapses, state media say.
18 April 2012
World wide web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says plans to increase internet monitoring should be blocked, without a strong watchdog and rules on storing data.
18 April 2012
Spain threatens retaliation against Argentina over the nationalisation of oil firm YPF, raising the prospects of a trade war.
18 April 2012
A grandson of JRR Tolkien and a descendant of Charles Dickens are to collaborate on two new fantasy books for children.
18 April 2012
A security guard is arrested following the theft of five of US musician Tom Petty's guitars from a rehearsal space.
18 April 2012
The deputy prime minister says he feels "lucky" to be part of the government and is "not the slightest bit defensive" about the decisions ministers are taking.
18 April 2012
Obama's father features in files on UK's Kenya fears
18 April 2012
Tesco unveils details of a plan to invest £1bn to try to improve its UK business, as it announces a 5.3% rise in profits in the past financial year.
18 April 2012
The public services ombudsman speaks of his concern over clinical record keeping at Hywel Dda Health Board after finding staff falsified information after a patient's death.
18 April 2012
Honey bees "dancing" to explain directions to flowers to other bees make more errors due to gravity when performing horizontally, say researchers.
18 April 2012
A small, fluffy mammal called the rock hyrax is a surprisingly sophisticated communicator, a study published in a Royal Society journal suggests.
18 April 2012
Rescuers are working to free a grey whale tangled in up to 30.5m (100ft) of fishing line off the California coast.
18 April 2012
The vice chancellor of the University of Wales Newport tells BBC Wales he thinks there is a conspiracy to force it to merge with others.
18 April 2012
Property prices in China fall for a sixth consecutive month amid government efforts to control prices and curb speculation.
18 April 2012
China promises a "thorough" investigation into a top politician linked to the death of a UK businessman, after PM David Cameron holds talks with envoy.
18 April 2012
The world's biggest tobacco firms are challenging the Australian government in court over a law on mandatory plain packaging for cigarettes.
18 April 2012
The leading Crown lawyer in the South West pledges to prosecute all cases of hate crime brought to him.
18 April 2012
A family who had to leave their house in east Belfast after two racist attacks have an application turned down for their home to be purchased under a special scheme.
18 April 2012
About 40% of government contracts which involved external consultants in Northern Ireland ended up costing more than their original price, according to a Stormont watchdog report.
18 April 2012
A consultation begins on whether doctors should be tested for their grasp of English and prevented from working for the NHS if they fail these tests.
18 April 2012
A Libyan military commander is taking legal action against Jack Straw, to find out if the ex-foreign secretary signed papers allowing his rendition.
18 April 2012
The government should explore ways to help pensioners whose retirement income has been undermined by low interest rates, MPs say.
18 April 2012
Some 64% of people in the UK think taxpayers have paid too much to cover the cost of the Olympic Games, a poll for BBC Radio 5 live suggests.
18 April 2012
Citigroup shareholders vote against giving top executives a bigger pay deal in a rare show of investor discontent.
18 April 2012
Nato ministers prepare to meet in Brussels for two days of talks set to be dominated by plans for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
18 April 2012
North Korea says it is no longer bound by a moratorium on missile and nuclear tests agreed with the US in February in return for food aid.
18 April 2012
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he has been diagnosed with stage one prostate cancer, but that his condition is not life-threatening.
18 April 2012
The chiefs of Apple and Samsung agree to meet in a bid to resolve a patent case between the two in a California court.
18 April 2012
BBC News takes a look at who makes up the cast of thousands behind the sporting event of the year.
18 April 2012
A prostitution scandal involving US Secret Service agents in Cartagena, Colombia, involved as many as 20 women, US Senator Susan Collins says.
18 April 2012
Students who bring water into the exam hall may improve their grades, a study suggests.
18 April 2012
An annual study by Cardiff University reveals that in 2011 nearly 11,000 fewer people in England and Wales needed hospital treatment after a violent attack.
18 April 2012
Being cheerful may protect against heart problems, experts believe.
18 April 2012
Advocates for New York sex workers call for legislation that would stop police officers confiscating condoms from prostitutes.
18 April 2012
MSPs are expected to back new income tax and borrowing powers for the Scottish Parliament in a vote at Holyrood.
18 April 2012
Secret files on British colonial rule - once thought lost - have been released by the government, one year after they came to light.
17 April 2012
The father of murdered Edinburgh office worker Suzanne Pilley tells BBC Scotland the door will not be closed on the case until her body is found.
17 April 2012
Machines dispensing Lady Godivas and speckled hens
17 April 2012
UK drivers are increasingly choosing fuel efficient cars with historically low carbon dioxide emissions, according to motor industry body SMMT.
17 April 2012
Why so many single fathers live in Las Vegas
17 April 2012
English and Scottish handball take the decision to carry on competing as Great Britain once the London Olympics are over.
17 April 2012
MPs have overturned all the changes the House of Lords made to the government's proposals to cut legal aid in England and Wales.
17 April 2012
Mexico raises the alert level around the Popocatepetl volcano after it begins spewing ash and steam.
17 April 2012
Sudan and South Sudan are "locked in a logic of war" in their fight over their disputed border, two peace envoys tell the UN Security Council.
17 April 2012
Roberto di Matteo says his Chelsea team need two "perfect" displays to beat Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals.
17 April 2012
Mikele Leigertwood is the hero as his late goal secures Reading's promotion back to the Premier League.
17 April 2012
Struggling Internet firm Yahoo sees its net income rise 28% to $286m in first three months of the year.
17 April 2012
UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee insists his squad can hit his target of eight medals at the London Olympics.
17 April 2012
There is growing evidence in Syria that the ceasefire, which started just five days ago, is failing to hold.
17 April 2012
A group of stray cows that froze to death in the Colorado mountains must be blown up or set on fire to avoid water contamination, officials say.
17 April 2012
As preparations get underway for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, a leading human rights group has said torture and ill-treatment are continuing in the Gulf kingdom.
17 April 2012
Sweden's cultural minister faces calls to resign after she is photographed cutting a cake in the shape of a black African woman at an art event.
17 April 2012
Mario Gomez scores a last-minute winner for Bayern Munich after Mesut Ozil looked to have rescued a draw for Real Madrid.
17 April 2012
A material which halves the price of traditional armour plating is getting the attention of the Brazilian middle class.
17 April 2012
A bid by peers to stop the government abolishing face-to-face advice on legal aid has been overturned in the Commons.
17 April 2012
Ten candidates - including those considered front-runners - disqualified from Egypt's presidential election lose their appeals against the decision.
17 April 2012
A basejumper takes on the highest vertical cliff in the UK, jumping 1,100ft from St John's Head on Orkney.
17 April 2012
Police are trying to trace more than 100 teenagers who brought terror to a McDonald's fast food restaurant in Wigan.
17 April 2012
The US eases some financial sanctions against Burma as the international effort to encourage reform gathers pace.
17 April 2012
The effects of a 6.7 magnitude quake in Chile were captured during a live television news broadcast.
17 April 2012
Great Britain win 19 Olympic gold medals in the Beijing Games in 2008, including Sir Chris Hoy's stunning cycling hat-trick and Rebecca Adlington?s double in the swimming 400m and 800m freestyle. (UK users only)
17 April 2012
A former London DIY store cashier who became governor of an oil-rich Nigerian state is jailed for 13 years after admitting fraud totalling nearly £50m.
17 April 2012
Wales and Sheffield United centre forward Ched Evans denies raping a woman, telling a jury she consented to sex.
17 April 2012
Nasa has released images of a powerful solar flare that unleashed an eruption of super-heated plasma from the surface of the Sun, before blasting into space.
17 April 2012
The British Film Institute announces its celebration of Alfred Hitchcock which includes a restoration of his silent films.
17 April 2012
A private equity firm has bought a UK college with its own degree-awarding powers for almost £200m.
17 April 2012
Usain Bolt wants to "amaze" the world at London 2012 by running 9.4 seconds for the 100m and 19 seconds for the 200m.
17 April 2012
David Cameron insists the government is united, after the Conservatives' co-chairman suggests coalition with the Lib Dems could create "incoherence".
17 April 2012
Nathan Cleverly withdraws from his WBO light-heavyweight title defence against Robin Krasniqi because of illness.
17 April 2012
Road pollution is more than twice as deadly as traffic accidents, according to a new study of UK air quality.
17 April 2012
Luxury clothing retailer Aquascutum, best known for its trenchcoats, has gone into administration, putting about 250 jobs at risk.
17 April 2012
Plans for a 450-berth marina and 250 apartments in a Pembrokeshire port town receive outline planning permission.
17 April 2012
Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomes an investigation by Chinese authorities into the death of British businessman Neil Heywood.
17 April 2012
A watch made of electronic paper raises $3.4m in less than a week on crowdsource funding site Kickstarter.
17 April 2012
The man who admits killing 77 people in Norway began his trial with a closed-fist salute. What's behind this gesture?
17 April 2012
A footballer denies raping a 19-year-old woman at a hotel, saying he he did not force her to do anything, a jury hears.
17 April 2012
A teenager is detained for eight years for the killing of a pensioner during last summer's riots in London.
17 April 2012
The International Monetary Fund says "some optimism has returned" to the global economy as it predicts slightly faster growth.
17 April 2012
Syrian security forces are carrying out deadly attacks on opposition-held areas in the north and south and continuing to bombard Homs, activists say.
17 April 2012
The retired space shuttle Discovery is to fly over the centre of Washington DC as it heads to its final resting place in a national museum.
17 April 2012
Police believe a flat fire which claimed the lives of a mother and daughter in County Tyrone was started deliberately.
17 April 2012
The African Union suspends Guinea-Bissau following last week's military coup, and calls for the "restoration of constitutional order".
17 April 2012
US banking giant Goldman Sachs profits fell to $2.1bn (£1.3bn) in its latest quarter, but still beat expectations.
17 April 2012
The Olympic Torch relay will take in four Royal residences on its journey to the stadium for the opening of the London 2012 games.
17 April 2012
A gas fitter is jailed for the manslaughter of a woman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning following his shoddy work.
17 April 2012
Proposals to require people carrying out home improvements to pay more for energy upgrades "will not happen", say Downing Street sources.
17 April 2012
Is China's murder investigation really a political purge?
17 April 2012
A Metropolitan Police officer is to be charged with racially abusing a suspect during last summer's riots, the Crown Prosecution Service says.
17 April 2012
The trial of dozens of people charged in connection with Egypt's worst football violence in the city of Port Said opens amid chaotic scenes.
17 April 2012
US business tycoon Donald Trump warns Scotland will "go broke" due to wind power, in a written submission to the Scottish Parliament.
17 April 2012
The space shuttle Discovery has taken off on its final voyage. It was carried on top of a jumbo jet from Florida to a museum near Washington DC
17 April 2012
After US man dies following swan attack - are they dangerous?
17 April 2012
Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli says he has "no intention of leaving" the Premier League club this summer.
17 April 2012
Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy's first bicycle was a girl's bike the Olympic gold medallist's mother reveals.
17 April 2012
A new structure has taken its place in Tokyo's skyline - the Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest free standing tower.
17 April 2012
France's former conservative president, Jacques Chirac, will vote for Socialist Francois Hollande in Sunday's presidential vote, an ally says.
17 April 2012
William Hague says UK will keep up pressure on Iran
17 April 2012
Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8, its much-anticipated new operating system, will have just three versions.
17 April 2012
The majority of passengers caught up in the emergency evacuation of a plane at Gatwick after smoke was reported in the cabin are due to continue on their journeys.
17 April 2012
Saif al Islam Gaddafi could be tried in Libya, rather than by the International Criminal Court, officials close to the case tell the BBC.
17 April 2012
Those wishing to vote in elections across the UK next month must register by 18 April at the latest.
17 April 2012
Volunteers have kicked off a project to set up after school clubs that teach younger children how to programme computers
17 April 2012
The man accused of killing 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in Norway defends his actions, telling a court in Oslo he would do it all again.
17 April 2012
Spain warns it will defend its interests as a row with Argentina over the nationalisation of the YPF oil company intensifies.
17 April 2012
A commission set up by the Scottish government calls for the country's only women's prison to be demolished.
17 April 2012
Spain's cost of borrowing for 12 or 18 months rises sharply ahead of Thursday's longer-term bond auction.
17 April 2012
More than 1,200 Palestinian inmates held in Israeli jails begin a hunger strike to protest against what they say are unfair prison conditions.
17 April 2012
Inflation in the UK rose to 3.5% on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure in March, driven by food prices.
17 April 2012
Adele, Kate Bush and PJ Harvey will battle it out for best album at the Ivor Novello awards next month.
17 April 2012
A report into a teacher who filmed himself abusing children at a Somerset primary school is to be sent to all school authorities in the country.
17 April 2012
Workers who maintain and upgrade lines on London Underground are to go on strike for 72 hours from next Tuesday in a dispute over pensions and benefits.
17 April 2012
House prices in the UK are barely higher than a year ago, according to the government's house price index.
17 April 2012
A controversial technique to extract shale gas, known as fracking, should resume in the UK with measures to minimise earthquakes, a government-appointed panel of experts recommends.
17 April 2012
Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire says she is boycotting her terror trial, accusing the judge of bias.
17 April 2012
Tamara Rojo says dancers need to put on weight and that audiences want to see healthy looking women on stage.
17 April 2012
There is "no truth" to reports Dame Maggie Smith is leaving ITV1 hit drama Downton Abbey, according to producers.
17 April 2012
Two former ministers are arrested in Cameroon in connection with the allegedly fraudulent purchase of a presidential plane, the Albatross, forced to make an emergency landing on its inaugural flight with the first family onboard.
17 April 2012
Human rights are still being violated in Bahrain despite promises of reform, according to the campaign group Amnesty International.
17 April 2012
Novelist Ann Patchett, best known for Bel Canto, is shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction for the third time.
17 April 2012
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Australia will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan earlier than planned, by the end of 2013.
17 April 2012
A 7th Century gospel, discovered in the coffin of a Christian saint more than 900 years ago, has been bought by the British library for £9m.
17 April 2012
Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to update MPs later on efforts to deport the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan.
17 April 2012
Pulitzer Prize board are unable to choose a fiction winner for the first time in 35 years.
17 April 2012
Car sales in Italy were down 26.7% in March compared with a year earlier, leading the falls in European car sales.
17 April 2012
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone casts doubt on whether the new Grand Prix of America in New Jersey will take place in 2013.
17 April 2012
Like-for-like sales at Marks and Spencer fell 0.7% in the 13 weeks to the end of March, after some areas of its womenswear fell short of stock.
17 April 2012
Police release the identity of a man found dead in a burning car near Southampton.
17 April 2012
Four adults and four children are taken to hospital after a fire at a tenement building in the Maryhill area of Glasgow.
17 April 2012
"With the Championship shaping up to be a fascinating battle, the biggest frustration will be the lack of continuity in the fixture list."
17 April 2012
Detectives make a fresh appeal for information about the shooting of a man and his teenage daughter in north Belfast two weeks ago.
17 April 2012
The world's biggest tobacco companies challenge the Australian government in court over a law making plain packaging mandatory for cigarettes.
17 April 2012
The US says it has busted a secret internet drugs market, where people around the world could buy LSD, ecstasy and other illegal substances.
17 April 2012
More than 700 homes could be built on a former paper mill site in Cardiff in a £100 million development.
17 April 2012
Britain's Andy Murray starts his clay-court season with a tricky match against Serbia's Viktor Troicki at the Monte Carlo Masters.
17 April 2012
One of Britain's top heart doctors says he thinks anyone who plays sport should have their heart screened.
17 April 2012
The BBC's Tom Brook reports on, what for millions of comic fans, is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the year, the release of the film The Avengers.
17 April 2012
Welsh Labour urges voters to send David Cameron and Nick Clegg a message about the economy and tax changes at next month's local elections.
17 April 2012
The World's Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim, has said that capitalist "market-based growth is a priority for every single country".
17 April 2012
Fracking for oil and gas is a safe process, providing proper safety measures are taken, an independent report suggests.
17 April 2012
The medical director of the NHS in England tells hospitals to stop discharging patients overnight to free up beds.
17 April 2012
Two protesters have climbed on to the roof of the Bahraini Embassy in central London, days before Bahrain is due to host its most high-profile international event, the Formula One Grand Prix.
17 April 2012
Google is fined $25,000 (£15,700) after US authorities found the internet giant stalled an investigation into its Street View mapping feature.
17 April 2012
China increases its holding of US debt for the second month in a row as its foreign exchange reserves continue to rise.
17 April 2012
Allegations that US Secret Service agents consorted with prostitutes in Colombia have "let the boss down", says the US military's top officer.
17 April 2012
Prisoners at a jail in north-eastern Brazil release more than 100 people taken hostage, as the authorities say they will investigate their complaints.
17 April 2012
The British Library raises £9m to buy the 7th Century St Cuthbert Gospel - the earliest surviving intact European book - for the nation.
17 April 2012
The US Senate blocks by 51 votes to 45 the Buffett Rule, President Barack Obama's proposal to raise tax rates for top earners to at least 30%.
17 April 2012
MPs demand greater "clarity" over government spending on localised services, raising "particular concern" over schools.
17 April 2012
Campaigners say thousands of children are set to lose their right to legal aid as the Commons prepares to debate reforms to the system.
16 April 2012
An US priest's holy death in the Korean War
16 April 2012
The 11-year-old Roman poet who worked himself to death
16 April 2012
People underestimate the amount of sugar in drinks which are perceived to be "healthy", research suggests.
16 April 2012
A new technique to combat early prostate cancer may have far fewer side-effects than standard treatments, researchers say.
16 April 2012
The first cargo resupply mission to the space station to be carried out by a commercial operator is likely to be on 30 April, the US space agency says.
16 April 2012
British special forces were involved in the fight back against the Taliban's assault on the city of Kabul on Sunday, Afghan security sources have told the BBC.
16 April 2012
Injured Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is ruled out for the remainder of the season and will not be fit for Euro 2012.
16 April 2012
Orangutans choose the best building materials to engineer the most structurally sound and comfortable nests, according to researchers.
16 April 2012
A pair of spectacles, four beer barrels and a bicycle repair kit are among 23 items stolen from Westminster since June 2011, government figures reveal.
16 April 2012
With the latest unemployment figures due to be released in the next few days, Anna Adams reports from Newcastle where the economic climate is being particularly felt hard by the city's jobless.
16 April 2012
David Cameron is set to raise the death in China of British businessman Neil Heywood when the prime minister meets a senior Chinese Communist Party official.
16 April 2012
BBC finds fear and defiance in war-torn Syrian province
16 April 2012
A key Euro MP strongly advises the European Parliament to reject the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
16 April 2012
Cadbury's famous Milk Tray chocolates have been the subject of criticism recently, with reports of a number of consumers claiming they don't taste like they used to.
16 April 2012
A passenger has described the scenes onboard a Virgin flight which was forced to make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport.
16 April 2012
Major military exercise in south west Scotland
16 April 2012
More than 400 people held a candle-lit vigil in a village for a missing pensioner.
16 April 2012
The United Nations ceasefire monitoring mission in Syria gets under way, as government forces reportedly continue to shell the central city of Homs.
16 April 2012
UK mortgage lending picked up in February, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
16 April 2012
Anders Behring Breivik, who carried out bomb and gun attacks in Norway last year which left 77 people dead, pleads not guilty at the start of his trial.
16 April 2012
French police hold two suspects over four similar murders in a suburb of Paris, believed to be the work of a serial killer.
16 April 2012
Roberto di Matteo must win the FA Cup and finish in the Premier League's top four to get the Chelsea manager's job full-time, says former boss Claudio Ranieri.
16 April 2012
Critics hail Cate Blanchett as "mesmerising", "magnificent" and "beyond terrific" for her latest role on stage at The Barbican in London.
16 April 2012
The implied cost of borrowing for Spain jumps above 6% ahead of two key auctions, raising again the prospect of a bailout.
16 April 2012
The army and some opposition parties in Guinea-Bissau say they are setting up a transitional body to run the West African state in the wake of the coup.
16 April 2012
The garden of a house in Kent is being searched by police investigating reports that human remains may be buried there.
16 April 2012
The head of Spain's oil giant Repsol, Antonio Brufau, calls for dialogue with Argentina amid tension over the future of Repsol's subsidiary, YPF.
16 April 2012
Almost one in 10 of the UK's richest people is paying less than the basic rate of income tax, the Treasury says, as it defends plans to cap tax relief.
16 April 2012
The wife of a 62-year-old marathon runner missing for more than a week after failing to finish an event in Greece, says she is desperate for news.
16 April 2012
French utility firm GDF Suez agrees to take full ownership of International Power in a deal that values the UK company at £22.8bn.
16 April 2012
The Indian steel giant Tata is to spend £800m at its Welsh plants over the next five years, with the company saying it is an "expression of intention and vision".
16 April 2012
Official drought zones are declared in a further 17 English counties, as a warning comes that water shortages could last until Christmas.
16 April 2012
A Belfast mother speaks of her horror after her nine-year-old daughter came home carrying needles thought to have been abandoned by drug addicts.
16 April 2012
Footballer El Hadji Diouf is one of six men arrested and bailed over an alleged fight in a Manchester bar in which a 33-year-old man was injured.
16 April 2012
Most high earners paid top tax rate, says Treasury
16 April 2012
Fighting in the Afghan capital has ended, officials say, some 18 hours after the siege by Taliban militants began.
16 April 2012
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie is launching his party's council election campaign, saying it has a strong record in local government.
16 April 2012
A minicab company asks its drivers to drive in the bus lanes in London but TfL calls the actions "utterly irresponsible".
16 April 2012
Child benefit should be docked if parents fail to pay fines for persistent truancy by their children, a government adviser says.
16 April 2012
Chin implants are the fastest growing type of cosmetic procedure in the US according to plastic surgeons.
16 April 2012
If keeping monkeys as pets is banned in some countries and labelled as cruel by primate experts, should it be banned in Britain?
16 April 2012
The UK may have avoided a double-dip recession, but the economy will stall for the rest of the year, an independent forecasting group says.
16 April 2012
The BBC and the National Football Museum are commemorating great football commentaries and we want your suggestions
16 April 2012
A cardboard cathedral will be built in Christchurch to temporarily replace the one damaged by the 2011 earthquake, officials say.
16 April 2012
The Welsh Liberal Democrats highlight their record in local government as they launch their campaign for council elections, promising "better services and better value".
16 April 2012
After twin fatalities - can Grand National safety be improved?
16 April 2012
The parents of the first baby to die in the pseudomonas outbreak say they believe he may have survived if the Western Health Trust had strictly followed hygiene guidelines on managing the infection.
16 April 2012
Joint US-Philippine military exercises get under way in the South China Sea, with Manila locked in a stand-off with Beijing over a disputed shoal.
16 April 2012
The number of permanent job vacancies in Scotland rose "markedly" in March, according to a survey of recruitment agencies.
16 April 2012
Several people are feared trapped under the debris of a blanket factory which collapsed in the Indian city of Jalandhar late on Sunday night.
16 April 2012
A Swiss woman is abducted from her home in the rebel-held northern Malian city of Timbuktu, officials and residents say.
15 April 2012
Oracle launches a lawsuit against Google's use of Java in its Android system in a case that could shake up the software industry.
15 April 2012
A neurologist based at Glasgow University is leading the world's biggest research study into the cause of Parkinson's disease.
15 April 2012
Disagreement about inviting Cuba to their next meeting splits leaders at the Sixth Summit of the Americas, and there is no final declaration.
15 April 2012
A Labour peer suspended from the party after accusations he called for a £10m bounty for the capture of US Presidents Obama and Bush denies the claims.
15 April 2012
Civil servants - rather than elected ministers - are dominating government policy, an outspoken Tory MP says.
15 April 2012
Nicholas Sarkozy and his socialist challenger Francois Hollande remain neck-and-neck in the polls.
15 April 2012
Musical hit Matilda is the toast of this year's Laurence Olivier Awards, winning seven prizes at a ceremony held at the Royal Opera House in London.
15 April 2012
Harry Redknapp says referee Martin Atkinson admitted he made a mistake in awarding Chelsea's second goal as they beat Tottenham in the FA Cup.
15 April 2012
Musical hit Matilda is the toast of this year's Laurence Olivier Awards, becoming the most recognised single production in the event's 36-year history.
15 April 2012
Steelmaking returns to Teesside with the relighting of the blast furnace at the former Corus plant in Redcar.
15 April 2012
The Taliban carry out co-ordinated attacks on UK and other embassies, parliament and Nato's HQ in the capital Kabul, and elsewhere in Afghanistan.
15 April 2012
British singing sensation Adele reclaims pole position in the UK album chart, taking the top spot from Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.
15 April 2012
Manchester United open a five-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League with victory over Aston Villa.
15 April 2012
Some glaciers in the mighty Karakoram range are defying the global trend and getting slightly thicker, researchers find.
15 April 2012
A 19-year-old diver from a Cardiff sub-aqua group is airlifted to Dorset after she became ill following a dive in Pembrokeshire.
15 April 2012
Steelmaking returns to Teesside with the relighting of the blast furnace at the former Corus plant in Redcar.
15 April 2012
A slate plaque honouring Titanic hero Commander Harold Lowe is unveiled at his home town harbour on the centenary of the disaster.
15 April 2012
Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry qualifies for the World Championship for a 27th consecutive year, while Belgian 17-year-old Luca Brecel becomes the youngest ever player to reach the Crucible.
15 April 2012
Members of a pro-Palestinian campaign group have been refused travel from Manchester Airport to Israel, Jet2 airline confirms.
15 April 2012
Three boys - two aged 14 and one aged 13 - are being held on suspicion of murder after a teenager died from head injuries in Sussex.
15 April 2012
Virgin Atlantic is to appeal the European Commission's decision to allow the owner of British Airways to buy the airline BMI.
15 April 2012
Egypt strongly criticises the UK for "not helping enough" with the recovery of £85m of Egyptian assets frozen since last year's uprising.
15 April 2012
Plans for £10.4m of government funding for sports car maker Group Lotus are put on hold while its new owner makes a decision on its future.
15 April 2012
Italians express shock and sadness at the death of Livorno footballer Piermario Morosini, who collapsed during a game on Saturday.
15 April 2012
Fresh clashes erupt in Syria as a vanguard of UN monitors are set to arrive to oversee the nation's shaky ceasefire.
15 April 2012
Labour leader Ed Miliband calls for donations to political parties to be capped at £5,000 - including those from trade unions - but says gifts from union members should continue.
15 April 2012
Craig Beattie's stoppage-time penalty beats holders Celtic to send Hearts into an all-Edinburgh Scottish Cup final.
15 April 2012
North Korea's Kim Jong-un has told crowds in Pyongyang the days when their country could be threatened are "forever gone", in his first public speech as leader.
15 April 2012
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose is inducted in absentia into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, despite his public rejection of the accolade.
15 April 2012
Norwegian polar explorer Borge Ousland has married at the Geographic North Pole, in temperatures of -23C.
15 April 2012
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg wins his first race at the Chinese GP, with Jenson Button second and Lewis Hamilton third for McLaren.
15 April 2012
McLaren's Jenson Button says Mercedes and Nico Rosberg will a threat all year after winning the Chinese Grand Prix.
15 April 2012
The owner of a horse that was put down after falling at a fence in the Grand National says he will not enter horses in the race again.
15 April 2012
The US will make a profit from bailing out the nation's banks and carmakers at the height of the financial crisis, the Treasury says.
15 April 2012
Unconfirmed rumours on the internet about the death of Briton Neil Heywood in China suggest he was poisoned with potassium cyanide.
15 April 2012
Highlights from the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Titanic disaster in Belfast and at the site of the wreck in the north Atlantic.
15 April 2012
Almost 400 inmates have escaped from a prison in north-west Pakistan after it was attacked by militants, officials in the region have said.
15 April 2012
The costly effort to rebrand Iranian group on the US terrorist list
15 April 2012
Winning trainer Paul Nicholls says the Grand National will never be without risk following the deaths of two horses in this year's race.
15 April 2012
An "explosion" in unwanted guinea pigs prompts a Cambridgeshire charity to teach animal "sexing" techniques to pet shops.
15 April 2012
The Italian football federation has postponed all league games on Sunday, following the death of Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini from a heart attack during a match on Saturday.
15 April 2012
The Egyptian Electoral Commission has disqualified 10 of the 23 candidates standing in the presidential elections, including several of the favourites.
15 April 2012
Severe storms are threatening to bring more tornadoes to a large part of the US Midwest, forecasters are warning.
15 April 2012
Almost 400 prisoners have escaped from a Pakistani jail after it came under attack from heavily-armed militants, officials say.
15 April 2012
Row continues over proposed cap on charity tax relief
15 April 2012
North Korea's Kim Jong-un makes his first televised speech, as the country marks the centenary of the birth of its founder, Kim il-Sung.
15 April 2012
An advance team of UN monitors prepares to go to Syria within hours of a Security Council vote, with the ceasefire reportedly close to collapse.
15 April 2012
Leading philanthropists, and the Tory party treasurer, criticise the government's plan to cap tax relief on charitable donations, warning it "will deprive charities of much-needed funds."
15 April 2012
The city Titanic departed from on its ill-fated voyage is marking the 100th anniversary of its sinking.
14 April 2012
The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is being remembered at special events across the world, including in the ship's birthplace Belfast.
14 April 2012
The voluntary sector will be hurt by the UK government's plan to cap tax relief for charitable donations, the finance secretary claims.
14 April 2012
The number of Scots signed up to be organ donors has reached a record high of more than two million, the government says.
14 April 2012
A man and a woman are charged with the murder of a seven-week-old baby who died at a hospital in West Yorkshire after suffering serious injuries.
14 April 2012
Organisations representing nearly every doctor in the UK have united in a single campaign to tackle rising levels of obesity.
14 April 2012
More than 1,500 candles are laid at the foot of a statue of the captain of the Titanic, to mark 100 years since the ship sank.
14 April 2012
Chinese artefacts worth almost £2m that were stolen from a University of Durham museum are recovered by police.
14 April 2012
A group of Peruvian gas workers abducted six days ago by rebels has been freed after a military operation, the Peruvian government says.
14 April 2012
Bee Gee Robin Gibb is in a coma after suffering from pneumonia, his official website says.
14 April 2012
Egyptian election officials bar 10 candidates from the presidential poll, including ex-spy chief Omar Suleiman and the Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat al-Shater.
14 April 2012
Talks between six world powers and Iran on its nuclear programme are described as "constructive and useful", and more will be held next month.
14 April 2012
More than 500 high school and college students competing in human-powered vehicles were inspired by the lunar rovers that astronauts used on the moon.
14 April 2012
Paul Nicholls, trainer of Grand National winner Neptune Collonges tells BBC Radio 5 live sport that "life is full of risks" after two horses died following falls in the Grand National.
14 April 2012
The 16ft tall creation marks the 850th anniversary of the leader, whose merciless conquests have become the stuff of legend.
14 April 2012
The Foreign Office defends itself over its response to the suspected murder of a British businessman in China.
14 April 2012
Heads of state from the Western Hemisphere are meeting in the Colombian city of Cartagena for the sixth Summit of the Americas, with discussions on the war on drugs high on the agenda.
14 April 2012
St Helens survive a late fightback from spirited Widnes to book a place in the fifth round of the Challenge Cup.
14 April 2012
Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised and According to Pete are put down following falls in the Grand National.
14 April 2012
Trade union leaders are to hold talks next week with airline workers facing the threat of redundancy at Belfast City Airport.
14 April 2012
A bronze sculpture of Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan is unveiled at Marble Arch in central London.
14 April 2012
A spectator is airlifted to hospital and three others are taken by ambulance after a crash at a car rally near Banchory.
14 April 2012
The UN Security Council agrees to send an advance team of monitors to Syria, as violence in some areas appears to be endangering the ceasefire.
14 April 2012
Mark Chapman presents coverage of the Challenge Cup fourth-round clash between Widnes and St Helens at the Stobart Stadium. (UK users only)
14 April 2012
Ex-Italy under-21 footballer Piermario Morosini dies following a suspected heart attack on the pitch in a game in Pescara, officials say.
14 April 2012
A severe storm threatens to bring tornadoes to a vast swathe of the Midwestern US, forecasters are warning.
14 April 2012
Christians are being "vilified" by British courts and "driven underground", a former archbishop of Canterbury has said.
14 April 2012
Everton manager David Moyes is despondent after his side lose 2-1 to Liverpool in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.
14 April 2012
A fleet of RAF surveillance planes is grounded after a fault was discovered on one aircraft, the Ministry of Defence confirms.
14 April 2012
A teenager from Birmingham is charged by police investigating hoax calls to a Scotland Yard counter-terrorism hotline.
14 April 2012
Three people are killed and dozens are wounded after a grenade is thrown into a cock-fighting arena in the southern Philippines.
14 April 2012
The body of Malawi's late President Bingu wa Mutharika is flown home from South Africa, more than a week after he died of a heart attack.
14 April 2012
Two men are injured, one seriously, after a car crashed near Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, late on Friday.
14 April 2012
The government says it is right to continue with contingency plans for a fuel strike, despite a deal appearing to be near.
14 April 2012
Twelve people are killed in an al-Qaeda attack on a checkpoint in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, police say.
14 April 2012
Hibernian beat Aberdeen to reach the Scottish Cup final thanks to Leigh Griffiths' late winner at Hampden.
14 April 2012
A pensioner's home is damaged in an arson attack in Ballycastle.
14 April 2012
South Sudan says it has repulsed an offensive by Sudanese forces on its positions near the disputed border oil town of Heglig.
14 April 2012
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is said to have been admitted to hospital in Libya to receive blood transfusions.
14 April 2012
Tolls on the Severn bridges are likely to continue at their current level for longer than expected after a new deal with the company collecting the charge.
14 April 2012
Up to 150 people are evacuated from their homes in east London after a gas leak, London Fire Brigade says.
14 April 2012
The son of murdered former president Burhanuddin Rabbani is appointed to replace him as Afghanistan's lead peace negotiator with the Taliban.
14 April 2012
The families of two Titanic survivors have met for the first time, 100 years after the ship sank.
14 April 2012
A woman is dragged from her car by four men who threatened her with a knife in Londonderry.
14 April 2012
Tickets go on sale for a League Two football match between Gillingham and Swindon Town in spite of all fans being banned from the game.
14 April 2012
Spain's King Juan Carlos undergoes hip replacement surgery following a fall on a private trip to Botswana, the Royal Palace says.
14 April 2012
North Korea has staged a mass rally to show support for the country's new young leader Kim Jong-un, just a day after a failed rocket launch that provoked international criticism.
14 April 2012
A Scot who spent two decades on death row could be sent back to jail in America after admitting threatening a judge.
14 April 2012
Industry body Scottish Renewables writes to US business tycoon Donald Trump responding to his scathing attacks on wind power.
14 April 2012
It has been 100 years since the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in North Atlantic, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
14 April 2012
Fresh shelling is reported in Homs as the UN Security Council prepares to vote on a resolution outlining the deployment of monitors to oversee the ceasefire.
14 April 2012
Six world powers and Iran meet in Istanbul for talks aimed at ending the deadlock over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
14 April 2012
The number of cases of whooping cough in Wales rose to 67 in 2011 from 13 in 2010, figures show.
14 April 2012
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg takes his first pole position as he beat Lewis Hamilton to fastest time in Chinese Grand Prix qualifying.
14 April 2012
The BBC's David Sillito meets the girls who play Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre in London.
14 April 2012
An initiative aimed at speeding up justice in magistrates' courts is leading to miscarriages of justice, defence lawyers tell the BBC.
14 April 2012
Councils have called for more powers to tackle High Street takeaways, strip-clubs and bookies, which they say could damage economic growth.
14 April 2012
Several US Secret Service agents in Colombia to provide security for President Barack Obama are recalled amid allegations of misconduct.
14 April 2012
Forecasters issue a severe weather warning for a swathe of the US Midwest, with strong thunderstorms and tornadoes predicted on Saturday.
14 April 2012
The American Nazi Party registers its first lobbyist in Washington DC, according to registration documents filed at the US Capitol.
14 April 2012
Police in northeastern Brazil say three murder suspects in their custody have confessed to eating parts of the bodies of their victims.
13 April 2012
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is going to Cuba on Saturday for more cancer treatment, casting doubt on a trip to the Americas summit.
13 April 2012
British and Burmese authorities could work together to find 20 Spitfires buried in Burma at the end of the World War II, officials say.
13 April 2012
A row breaks out between Slovenia and Austria over the name of a sausage - and it is a matter for the EU.
13 April 2012
How Google Earth helped reunite a family after 25 years
13 April 2012
Oslo readies itself for Breivik court drama
13 April 2012
The Church of England fears church renovation projects could be scrapped because of planned changes to VAT set out in the Budget.
13 April 2012
Comedian Matt Lucas talks to Matthew Stadlen about how Little Britain changed his life, working with David Walliams, growing up with alopecia and trying to be funny in public.
13 April 2012
David Suchet on the play its writer said should never be staged
13 April 2012
Something as simple as going for a brisk stroll could play an important role in fighting depression, according to researchers in Scotland.
13 April 2012
An international team of scientists has been using high resolution satellite images from space to count penguins.
13 April 2012
There are nearly 600,000 emperor penguins in Antarctica - twice as many as was previously thought - according to a new satellite survey.
13 April 2012
Colombia's Jose Antonio Ocampo pulls out of the race to be the next World Bank president, calling the selection process a "political exercise".
13 April 2012
The emergency services are called to a large fire in commercial premises close to the centre of Glasgow.
13 April 2012
Hollywood A-listers Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are engaged to be married after eight years together, Pitt's representative confirms.
13 April 2012
Anthony Mancinelli is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest working barber in the world.
13 April 2012
Reading beat Southampton at St Mary's in the battle of the top two, to go three points clear at the top of the Championship.
13 April 2012
Former England and Birmingham City striker Trevor Francis is recovering in hospital after a suspected heart attack.
13 April 2012
The police watchdog is to investigate the death of a teenager who fell from a London tower block while apparently trying to escape officers.
13 April 2012
The Sudanese government says its forces are advancing towards the disputed border oil town of Heglig, held by South Sudan.
13 April 2012
Two firefighters are in hospital after their appliance crashed in to a field and ended up on its side near Aberdovey, Gwynedd.
13 April 2012
A council candidate suspended by the SNP after accusations that he described two midwives as "witches" has resigns from the party.
13 April 2012
US President Barack Obama releases his tax return for 2011, as he seeks to make taxation a key election issue with Republican foes.
13 April 2012
There has been international condemnation after North Korea launched a long range rocket this morning amid claims it was a cover for testing missile technology.
13 April 2012
Sudan is arming civilians in South Kordofan as fighting against rebels in the state that borders South Sudan intensifies, the BBC finds.
13 April 2012
A man is jailed for two years after explosive chemicals were found in his shed in Somerset.
13 April 2012
British equestrian star Pippa Funnell misses the London Games after seeing two of her top rides suffer injuries.
13 April 2012
A Christian group who had their advertisement pulled from London buses after it was described as anti-gay is looking at taking legal action.
13 April 2012
The Unite union has been given an extension to a deadline for declaring strikes in the fuel tanker drivers dispute.
13 April 2012
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's reaffirms its AAA credit rating for the UK, saying it believes the economy is "wealthy, open and diversified".
13 April 2012
A mother from Bury who admitted trying to hide her dead baby in a garden is given a suspended jail sentence.
13 April 2012
Frank Gardner on the arguments for and against Bahrain GP
13 April 2012
Mario Balotelli needs "professional help" for his disciplinary problems, says an official from the world players' union.
13 April 2012
A rapist from Teesside, who preyed on two schoolgirls, aged 11 and 13, is jailed for public protection.
13 April 2012
Few monarchs make it to 60 years on the throne
13 April 2012
Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Liverpool and Everton in the FA Cup.
13 April 2012
Two farmers are cleared of murdering Cheshire builder John Iveson who disappeared five years ago and whose body has never been found.
13 April 2012
Several people have been shot dead during protests in Syria, activists say, as the UN considers deploying monitors to oversee a peace plan.
13 April 2012
An elderly patient dies following the outbreak of listeria at Antrim and Causeway hospitals in Northern Ireland.
13 April 2012
A computer hacker who broke into the website of Britain's biggest abortion provider has been jailed for two years and eight months.
13 April 2012
The airline Qantas is flying its planes on biofuel made from recycled chip oil. But how does it work?
13 April 2012
A video which shows children acting like kidnappers, corrupt police officers and drug traffickers is causing controversy in Mexico.
13 April 2012
Shares fall in the US and Europe, led by banks, as worries about the Spanish economy's borrowing needs re-emerge in financial markets.
13 April 2012
Washington and its allies condemn North Korea for launching a satellite rocket which broke up over the sea shortly after take-off.
13 April 2012
Four people test positive and a further 13 possible cases of cryptosporidium infection are found at a community farm.
13 April 2012
A New Jersey mayor, Cory Booker, plays down suggestions he is a hero after he rushed into a burning house to save a young woman.
13 April 2012
The war photographer Paul Conroy who was severely injured in Syria has warned that material from citizen journalists and activists involved directly in the conflict cannot be relied upon
13 April 2012
Traffic police Second Lt. Nguyen Manh Phan held on to the windscreen wipers of a bus in a bid to detain the driver.
13 April 2012
Two people are arrested over the death of a baby which was taken to a Yorkshire hospital with serious head injuries.
13 April 2012
Five men have been shot dead at a lake near Macedonia's capital Skopje, police say.
13 April 2012
Thousands protest in Cairo against the presidential bid of Omar Suleiman, the former spy chief of Hosni Mubarak.
13 April 2012
Researchers report compelling evidence of creating a theoretical particle that has been the subject of a 75-year search for proof.
13 April 2012
The people in charge of Formula 1 say the Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead as planned next week, despite concerns over staging the race whilst there is continuing political unrest.
13 April 2012
Air Canada cancels dozens of flights, blaming "illegal activity" by pilots calling in sick, in an apparent protest over a bitter labour row.
13 April 2012
The Times newspaper is being sued by the police blogger Richard Horton after the paper accessed his email account, lawyer Mark Lewis confirms.
13 April 2012
How new sensor technology could allow furniture and buildings to adapt to the people using them.
13 April 2012
India reacts angrily to the detention of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan by US authorities for 90 minutes at White Plains airport.
13 April 2012
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Jack Wilshere is making "slow progress" in his recovery from an ankle injury.
13 April 2012
A woman allegedly raped by two footballers at a hotel arrived at a friend's house later in a "hysterical" condition, a court hears.
13 April 2012
Two of Japan's nuclear reactors are declared safe to be restarted, to combat threatened power shortages, the government says.
13 April 2012
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau arrest the outgoing Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes Junior, in a suspected coup attempt.
13 April 2012
Lucian Freud's former assistant talks about how he came to sit for the artist
13 April 2012
Bodies in a former burial ground in Birmingham would have to be dug up if plans for the government's high-speed rail network go ahead.
13 April 2012
A painting stolen in 2008 and recovered in Serbia, is confirmed to be a Cezanne masterpiece by a Swiss art expert.
13 April 2012
Schools Minister Nick Gibb reveals that half of free schools set to open later this year have not yet secured a site.
13 April 2012
There is almost universal scepticism in the press in the Middle East as well as further afield about the fragile UN-Arab League-brokered ceasefire in Syria.
13 April 2012
Part of a first novel that was lost when a blind woman's pen ran out is salvaged with the help of a forensic police team in Dorset.
13 April 2012
Preview followed by live coverage of Sunday's game between Tottenham and Chelsea in the FA Cup.
13 April 2012
A group of UK-based schoolchildren are the first to get their hands on production models of the bare-bones computer.
13 April 2012
Spanish dancer Tamara Rojo is appointed artistic director of the English National Ballet, it is announced.
13 April 2012
Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised leads the 40-strong field for Saturday's big race at Aintree.
13 April 2012
A man shoots dead a police chief days from retirement and injures four other officers in a drugs raid at a house in a small New Hampshire town.
13 April 2012
BBC World's David Eades describes the Sicilian volcano's third eruption in a month. Italian authorities are yet to issue any warning of danger to houses and people in the area.
13 April 2012
A Japanese woman who murdered her three former lovers in 2009 is sentenced to death.
13 April 2012
A four-year-old girl from Hampshire is accepted into Mensa with an IQ just one point below Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
13 April 2012
A data entry error by a helicopter pilot led to two Typhoon aircraft being scrambled, in the belief there was an emergency.
13 April 2012
A police force's controversial plans to replace beat bobbies with police community support officers will go to public consultation amid growing criticism.
13 April 2012
Apple has released a fresh Java update, designed to remove the Flashback Trojan malware that exposed Macs to a botnet.
13 April 2012
Twenty-two ex-AMs who quit or were defeated at last year's Welsh assembly elections were paid more than £800,000 in resettlement grants.
13 April 2012
The Royal Mail is limiting the number of stamps retailers can buy to make sure it benefits fully from the price rise due at the end of the month.
13 April 2012
A Tyne and Wear company which builds foundations for wind farms says it is to create up to 1,000 new jobs.
13 April 2012
An advertising campaign backed by a Christian group accused of being anti-gay, is banned from London buses.
13 April 2012
North Korea confirms its controversial rocket launch failed, as observers report it broke up and crashed into the sea shortly after blast-off.
13 April 2012
A father who admitted causing the death of his five-year-old son by dangerous driving is jailed for 21 months.
13 April 2012
A man who blinded his girlfriend by gouging her eyes, before imprisoning her for 12 hours, admits causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
13 April 2012
Engineers are battling to save the European Space Agency's flagship Earth observation mission - the eight-tonne Envisat.
13 April 2012
A long-list is unveiled of the twenty titles in the running to receive the inaugraul Scottish Album of the Year award.
13 April 2012
What is a quantum computer, and will you ever have one?
13 April 2012
Can a mind-altering African plant cure drug addiction?
13 April 2012
Twenty-five Indian fishermen released from a Pakistani prison are due to go home ahead of the countries' commerce ministers opening an expanded border trade facility.
13 April 2012
The UN is hoping to send observers to Syria within the next few days to monitor a fragile ceasefire that has come into force after more than a year of violence.
13 April 2012
Europe's Internal Markets Commissioner, Michel Barnier, says "tougher action" is needed to stop excessive bank bonuses.
13 April 2012
Soldiers from the Black Watch battalion return home after a sixth month tour of duty in Helmand Province in Afghanistan.
13 April 2012
A giant statue of Kim Jong Il has been unveiled in front of a crowd of thousands in Pyonyang.
13 April 2012
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says the title race is still alive despite Roberto Mancini's claim to the contrary.
13 April 2012
The trial opens in Denmark of four men accused of planning an attack on a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
13 April 2012
A man who blinded his girlfriend by gouging her eyes has admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Tina Nash told the BBC's Jon Kay about the trauma of the incident.
13 April 2012
The government is considering plans to strip all branding from cigarette packs sold in England in a bid to make smoking appear less attractive.
13 April 2012
Guinea-Bissau soldiers stage what appears to be an attempted coup after gunfire is heard at the home of the main presidential challenger, whose whereabouts are unknown.
13 April 2012
Luke Donald faces a battle to hold on to his world number one ranking after a poor opening round in South Carolina.
13 April 2012
Indian cookery guru Madhur Jaffrey is to return to television after a 17-year break with a major new series, it is announced.
13 April 2012
David Cameron becomes the first British prime minister to visit Burma as he arrives in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.
13 April 2012
Leading universities join the growing revolt over plans to curb tax breaks on charitable donations.
13 April 2012
A security breach forces Icann to take its computers offline, delaying the top level domain name application process.
13 April 2012
UK producer prices rose 0.6% in March from February, due in part to increases in the cost of petrol products, tobacco and alcohol, figures show.
13 April 2012
A 'significant' haul of firearms is found by police carrying out a major operation to the north of Glasgow.
13 April 2012
Leonard Cohen's former manager is found guilty of harassing the singer by a court in Los Angeles.
13 April 2012
He is a stand-up comic, but he cannot speak. Lee Ridley has Cerebral Palsy and uses a voice synthesizer to communicate. Last year his friends encouraged him to take up comedy and two months ago he did his first show, calling himself Lost Voice Guy. Entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson went to meet him.
13 April 2012
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett criticises a plan to replace traditional beat bobbies with police community support officers (PCSOs).
13 April 2012
Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher beats McLaren's Lewis Hamilton to set the fastest time in practice at the Chinese Grand Prix.
13 April 2012
Three people are killed and another 13 injured as a German regional train collides with a works engine near Offenbach.
13 April 2012
Reservoir Dogs star Tim Roth will lead a jury charged with picking out new and emerging talent at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
13 April 2012
Ex-Liverpool and Everton player Don Hutchison says Saturday's FA Cup semi-final between the clubs could change the balance of power on Merseyside.
13 April 2012
An elderly Spanish nun has become the first person to appear in court in connection with the alleged theft of newborn babies, mostly during the Franco era.
13 April 2012
Lung cancer cases for women in Wales are still increasing, warns the charity Cancer Research UK.
13 April 2012
Shares of Infosys, India's second-largest software company, fall after it issues a weak outlook for the current financial year.
13 April 2012
Finian's Rainbow bids to follow up his Champion Chase win in the Melling Chase at Aintree on Friday.
13 April 2012
In their first UK broadcast interview, American band One Direction say they won't be intimidated by Simon Cowell as they sue him over their name.
13 April 2012
The US band One Direction say they won't be intimidated by Simon Cowell as they sue him over their name.
13 April 2012
Queen's University in Belfast is to establish a college in China in partnership with the China Medical University.
13 April 2012
A reward of up to £20,000 is being offered for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of census worker Joanne Mathers in Londonderry in April 1981.
13 April 2012
Royal barge production designer Joseph Bennett explains the process for making gilded decorations for June's Diamond Jubilee river pageant.
13 April 2012
China reports weaker-than-expected growth figures for the first three months of the year, hit by a slowdown in foreign sales.
13 April 2012
The Bahrain Grand Prix is to go ahead on 22 April as planned, the motorsport's governing body the FIA says.
13 April 2012
Does Cabin in the Woods movie trailer give away too much?
13 April 2012
UK parents are suffering a crisis of confidence when it comes to playing with their children, suggests a survey.
13 April 2012
Three babies have died from complications linked to whooping cough so far in England and Wales this year, health experts say.
13 April 2012
Manipulating memories of drug use may help reformed addicts avoid a return to a life of drug abuse, according to scientists in China.
13 April 2012
Local authority pension schemes are still a "ticking time bomb", the Taxpayers' Alliance warns, despite their financial health improving over the past year.
13 April 2012
Ed Miliband says Labour's defeat in last month's Bradford West by-election cannot be "dismissed as a one-off", as he visits the constituency to learn lessons.
12 April 2012
LJ Rich explains how the dual image contact lens works
12 April 2012
Spanish conservationists say there is a ray of hope for the world's most endangered cat, the Iberian lynx.
12 April 2012
US President Barack Obama defends Ann Romney, the wife of his Republican rival, and says there is "no tougher job" than being a mother.
12 April 2012
A decision on whether Megaupload users should get their data back could be made in a US court shortly.
12 April 2012
Prototype contact lenses designed to offer troops enhanced vision are ordered by the US Department of Defense's research lab.
12 April 2012
The UN Security Council calls for an immediate and unconditional end to fighting on Sudan's southern border.
12 April 2012
Lung cancer cases in women are continuing to rise, according to figures released by Cancer Research UK.
12 April 2012
The cars and bands that helped shape the West Midlands
12 April 2012
The authorities in Peru rule out negotiating with Shining Path rebels who kidnapped a group of gas workers in the Cusco region for ransom.
12 April 2012
Baboons can recognise actual four-letter words - as opposed to scrambled letters - on a computer screen, researchers in France find.
12 April 2012
A mother-of-two has been given a nine month suspended sentence after smashing her ex-boyfriend's car into the bowling alley where he worked.
12 April 2012
A shampooing robot, the North Pole wedding proposal and President Obama and a giant bunny. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box, this week with Natalie Jamieson.
12 April 2012
Egypt's Islamist-controlled parliament passes a law barring former regime officials standing for president, a move rejected by the ruling military council.
12 April 2012
The Metropolitan Police is investigating claims that hackers illegally recorded their own calls to its anti-terrorist hotline.
12 April 2012
Chairman Tom Werner says Liverpool board has "great confidence" in Kenny Dalglish as director of football Damien Comolli departs.
12 April 2012
A friend of murdered gangland figure Kevin Carroll arrived at the scene of his shooting before police, a court has heard.
12 April 2012
A court hears how a woman told police she woke up naked and "confused" in a double bed after being allegedly raped by two footballers.
12 April 2012
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is considering either bringing forward the 2014 date for presidential elections or speeding up the security handover.
12 April 2012
One person has died in a microlight crash in Clackmannanshire, police say.
12 April 2012
Part of a novel lost when a blind woman's pen ran out without her knowing is salvaged with the help of a forensic police team in Dorset.
12 April 2012
A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer accused over the death of an unarmed black teenager could appear in court later to seek bail, his lawyer says.
12 April 2012
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says beating Everton in this Saturday's FA Cup semi-final could turn around a difficult season.
12 April 2012
More than 150,000 people are expected to flock to Liverpool over the three-day Grand National meeting.
12 April 2012
Another minister who served under Ukrainian ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko is jailed for abuse of office.
12 April 2012
A former MP who quit his seat to stand as an elected mayor says those still sitting in Parliament should also be able to run as candidates.
12 April 2012
A village in Colombia is making ready a present for the US President's visit to Colombia for the Summit of the Americas - a little donkey called Demo.
12 April 2012
Author JK Rowling announces her first adult novel will be called The Casual Vacancy.
12 April 2012
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir says he will not withdraw troops from the Heglig oilfield on its disputed border with Sudan, despite international pressure.
12 April 2012
British Airways owner IAG says its deal to buy BMI from Lufthansa for £172.5m could result in the loss of up to 1,200 jobs.
12 April 2012
A group of children and parents set up camp at a mountaineering centre to protest at plans to close a dry ski-slope.
12 April 2012
Environment Minister Alex Attwood has said what appears to be a submarine or boat is identified submerged in Lough Foyle.
12 April 2012
A Cezanne painting - reportedly worth $109m (£68.3m) - stolen in a raid on a Swiss museum in 2008 is recovered in Serbia.
12 April 2012
The show's weekly round-up episode moves permanently to late on Friday night say programme makers.
12 April 2012
Senior Scotland Yard staff showed poor judgement in their relationship with ex-News of the World executive Neil Wallis, the police watchdog says.
12 April 2012
Red Bull's Mark Webber expresses some misgivings about the prospect of racing in Bahrain.
12 April 2012
Facebook faces criticism over an updated tool that lets users look at some of the data the social network holds on them.
12 April 2012
Oxford University chiefs are trying to reassure prospective overseas students not to be put off by visa rule changes.
12 April 2012
A brother and sister from Germany, who had an incestuous relationship and claimed the right to a family life, lose their case at the European Court of Human Rights.
12 April 2012
Experts are predicting Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream could fetch more than $80m (£50m) at auction in New York in May.
12 April 2012
New banking venture NBNK submits a fresh bid proposal to buy 632 Lloyds bank branches, putting it back in competition with the Co-operative Group.
12 April 2012
The council for Germany's Roma (Gypsies) wants a Swiss magazine banned for using an image of a Roma boy pointing a gun on its cover.
12 April 2012
Peter Stringfellow, a long-term Conservative supporter, is backing the UK Independence Party candidate in a forthcoming Westminster Council by-election, the party says.
12 April 2012
Andy Farrell will not join Stuart Lancaster's England coaching team and will remain at Premiership side Saracens instead.
12 April 2012
Uefa President Michel Platini accuses "bandits and crooks" of hiking up hotel prices ahead of the Euro 2012 football championships.
12 April 2012
A 42-year-old man is remanded in custody charged with the murder of Coleraine pensioner Norman Moffatt.
12 April 2012
The transsexual techno-rapper taking Angola by storm
12 April 2012
Lawyer Mark Lewis says he is taking legal action in the US on behalf of three alleged victims of phone hacking by the News of the World.
12 April 2012
Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli leaves the Premier League club by mutual consent.
12 April 2012
A Sussex company has developed a pioneering car seat that cocoons a baby in a protective shell if it is involved in an accident.
12 April 2012
Parliamentary speaker Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as Mali's interim president, after last month's military coup in the West African state.
12 April 2012
The UK's trade deficit widened to £3.4bn in February from £2.5bn in January as exports of goods to non-EU countries dropped, figures show.
12 April 2012
Police name two men wanted in connection with a raid on a Durham University museum in which artefacts worth almost £2m were taken.
12 April 2012
Ryanair announces further cuts in its operations at Edinburgh Airport, with eight winter schedule routes to be axed.
12 April 2012
A section of the M1 is closed in both directions after a man died in a crash involving three lorries in Bedfordshire.
12 April 2012
A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off Mexico's Pacific coast, the second quake to hit the area in the last 24 hours.
12 April 2012
A man who defended his shop and his fiancee from a would-be robber who was holding a gun says he was worried he would get into trouble for his actions.
12 April 2012
A female Bengal tiger and a male Siberian tiger have produced three cubs at a zoo in Mexico, despite being different sub-species.
12 April 2012
The US regains top spot from China as the biggest investor in clean energy in 2011, according to global rankings.
12 April 2012
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton will be given a five-place grid penalty for the Chinese Grand Prix after the team changed his gearbox.
12 April 2012
Sports fashion retailer JD Sports says the purchase of Blacks Leisure dented its full-year profits by £2.2m.
12 April 2012
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose declines his entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame saying he saying he does not feel wanted or respected at the ceremony.
12 April 2012
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone will meet the sport's 12 teams on Friday to discuss the Bahrain GP, BBC Sport has learned.
12 April 2012
Technology has now created the ultimate USB stick - used by the secret service. If you lose it you can track its location and even remotely scramble content on it if you are worried it could fall into the wrong hands.
12 April 2012
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his battle against cancer is "advancing" after he returns home from his latest treatment in Cuba.
12 April 2012
Sony workers in Wales are braced for news about possible job losses after the firm said it was cutting 10,000 staff worldwide.
12 April 2012
Struggling retailer Mothercare announces plans to close more stores over the next three years.
12 April 2012
A coffee shop in Norwich is refusing to serve any customer who places an order whilst talking on a mobile phone.
12 April 2012
Sony is cutting 10,000 jobs worldwide in a major reorganisation announced by the company's new chief executive Kazuo Hirai.
12 April 2012
Since the death of her daughter on a level crossing at the end of 2005, Tina Hughes has been working to improve their safety.
12 April 2012
Italian hostage Paolo Bosusco is freed by Maoist rebels in India after nearly a month in captivity.
12 April 2012
Confusion over the sale of a landmark chimney in Wrexham is resolved with a donation to a charity for British service veterans.
12 April 2012
Police warn teenagers in Londonderry organising fights via BlackBerry Messenger that they risk destroying lives.
12 April 2012
The UN deadline for a complete ceasefire in Syria has passed.
12 April 2012
Elephant poaching in Africa is on the rise despite an international 23-year ban on the trade in ivory
12 April 2012
The Sunday Times releases details of the 2012 rich list, with stars like Adele, Daniel Radcliffe and Jessie J all increasing their fortunes.
12 April 2012
As Greece wonders whether its debt crisis will eventually spell its exit from the euro, one town in the centre of the country, Volos, has formed an alternative local currency.
12 April 2012
Clare Balding on Grand National challenge
12 April 2012
The highest ranking female politician in China's Communist Party is to begin an official visit to Northern Ireland later.
12 April 2012
Nearly nine out of 10 charities fear government plans to limit tax relief will result in a drop in donations from wealthy benefactors, a survey suggests.
12 April 2012
The Philippines sends a second ship to join its largest warship in a stand-off with two Chinese ships in the South China Sea, even as both sides commit to diplomacy.
12 April 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron urges people not to confuse Islam with extremism, while on a trade visit to Jakarta in Indonesia.
12 April 2012
North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un is given two posts previously occupied by his late father, as the country prepares for a rocket launch.
12 April 2012
US watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission sues AutoChina and 11 investors over alleged stock manipulation.
12 April 2012
A plane which crashed into two houses in Greater Manchester, killing the pilot, had probably suffered a fuel supply problem, a report reveals.
12 April 2012
Charles Manson, one of America's most notorious inmates, has been refused parole by a prison panel in California.
12 April 2012
A mother in Argentina speaks of her joy at finding her premature baby alive in a refrigerated morgue, 12 hours after the girl had been declared dead.
12 April 2012
Parliamentary election results in South Korea show the ruling Saenuri party taking the majority of seats by a small margin after a close race.
12 April 2012
The government is investigating after figures emerge suggesting hospital patients in England have been discharged overnight to free up beds.
12 April 2012
Scottish firms have had a better start to 2012 than last year but "widespread difficulties" remain, a business survey suggests.
12 April 2012
Three men and a woman are charged with the murder of a man found burned in an industrial bin in Southampton.
12 April 2012
A government that operates on mothers without their consent
11 April 2012
A third of parents spend between 10 and 49 hours a month per child ferrying their children about by car, a survey suggests.
11 April 2012
Italian novelist Umberto Eco is among the writers in the running for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
11 April 2012
The Scottish government says money from criminals will help to fund care for police officers who have been assaulted.
11 April 2012
Booker-nominated author William Boyd is taking on the mission to write a new officially-sanctioned James Bond novel.
11 April 2012
The level of young homelessness in the UK is underestimated by more than two-thirds of Britons, a survey suggests.
11 April 2012
George Zimmerman, who shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, is charged with second-degree murder and taken into custody.
11 April 2012
Organisations wishing to buy web addresses ending in their brand names have until midnight to submit applications.
11 April 2012
People with Huntington's disease, a debilitating brain condition, appear to be "protected" from cancer, according to a study in Sweden.
11 April 2012
A Cairo court rules that Hazem Abu Ismail, a leading member of the conservative Salafist movement, is eligible to stand in Egypt's May presidential election,
11 April 2012
Man City boss Roberto Mancini says his side cannot win the Premier League title despite narrowing the gap at the top to five points.
11 April 2012
Sir Alex Ferguson admits Wigan were the "better team" and "dominated" the first half as his side crashed to a 1-0 defeat at the DW Stadium thanks to Shaun Maloney's 50th-minute winner.
11 April 2012
Two American soldiers have died and another two are injured after their helicopter crashed in southern Morocco, according to US officials.
11 April 2012
Technology giant Apple and major publishers are accused by the US Department of Justice of colluding to increase the price of e-books.
11 April 2012
A ceasefire is due to come into force in Syria to stem the 13-month-old conflict, but Western countries publicly doubt the government's intentions.
11 April 2012
David Cameron says he will listen "very sympathetically" to concerns from charities about the impact of a planned cap on tax relief on donations.
11 April 2012
Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes or obesity, according to researchers.
11 April 2012
Demolition has begun on nine houses on part of the Norfolk coastline before they slip into the sea.
11 April 2012
Continued fighting between Sudan and South Sudan prompts international concern the border conflict might develop into outright war.
11 April 2012
Manchester City cut Manchester United's lead at the top of the Premier League to five points with victory over West Brom at Etihad Stadium.
11 April 2012
Manchester United's lead at the top of the Premier League is cut to five points after Shaun Moloney's goal earns Wigan a 1-0 win.
11 April 2012
A Seattle-based start-up aims to create personalised news streams by scouring the internet for information.
11 April 2012
Heathrow Airport may struggle to cope with thousands of extra passengers passing though immigration during the London Olympics, MPs warn.