Gillard to stay as Australian PM
Julia Gillard is to remain as Australia's prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs. |
Blitz commemorated at St Paul's
Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers gather 70 years after battling through eight months of bombing raids over Britain's industrial centres. |
ME 'virus link' found in children
ME, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, in children could be caused by a virus, scientists say. |
Tree house: Row breaks out over 35ft high leylandii
A dispute has broken out in a Plymouth street after a resident lets trees surrounding his property grow to 35ft. |
Injured Kuyt out for four weeks
Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt will be out for four weeks after injuring his shoulder while on international duty with the Netherlands. |
Police plea to dead baby's mother
Detectives investigating the death of a newborn baby girl found dumped in a garden are still trying to trace the mother. |
£90m village by-pass opens early
A £90m bypass, first suggested in the 1980s, is being opened two months ahead of schedule. |
Arrests over Swaziland protests
Police in Swaziland arrest about 50 people ahead of protests against sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, activists say. |
Mexico begins army shooting probe
Mexico's defence ministry launches an inquiry after a man and his teenage son are shot dead at a military checkpoint. |
Political void 'threatens Iraq'
Six months after Iraq's parliamentary elections, an Iraqi minister warns that the political deadlock is damaging the security situation in the country. |
Scam fear over electricity credit
Criminals have managed to clone prepayment meter keys in order to make money by offering discounted credit to customers. |
Cameron warns of challenges ahead
David Cameron returns to work following paternity leave telling his cabinet "this is the time the rubber hits the road". |
First 16 'free schools' revealed
The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove. |
Student migration 'unsustainable'
The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green says in his first major speech on immigration. |
Insect brains to fight MRSA
Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say. |
Fry slams BBC 'culture of fear'
Stephen Fry criticises a culture of fear at the BBC which is creating "incredibly bland" programmes |
What to do if you get a tax letter
Thousands of people will find out if they have been undercharged or are overpaid by the taxman. Up to six million people have been paying the wrong amount and the treasury says it cannot afford to write off the money. |
Hurricane pilot remembers Blitz
Robert Hall chats to an ex-hurricane pilot who flew over London during the Blitz and a woman who's house was destroyed by German bombs. |
Schoolboy: 'I found a pipe bomb'
The suspicious object was left in the playground of St Comgall's Primary School and picked up by an eight -year-old pupil. |
UK slipping down graduate league
The UK is slipping behind international rivals in university places, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. |
Housing group 'near administration'
Connaught, the property services group that specialises in social housing, is on the brink of going into administration, the BBC learns. |
Harrison to take on champion Haye
David Haye will make the second defence of his WBA heavyweight title against fellow Brit and Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison. |
Federer cruises into last eight
Roger Federer continues his smooth progress through the US Open draw with a straight-sets win over Jurgen Melzer in round four. |
Scots crime falls to 32-year low
The number of crimes recorded in Scotland falls to its lowest level in three decades, according to the latest statistics. |
Priest to meet dissident families
A priest in Londonderry who challenged dissident republicans over their violence is to meet families who claim they are being harassed by the PSNI. |
Christchurch hit by aftershocks
Violent aftershocks rattle the New Zealand city of Christchurch following the weekend's powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage. |
Greek PM reshuffles his cabinet
Greek PM George Papandreou reshuffles his cabinet but leaves the key post of finance minister unchanged as his government battles a debt crisis. |
Petraeus warns over Koran burning
The US commander in Afghanistan warns troops' lives will be at risk if a Florida church goes ahead with its plan to throw copies of the Koran into a bonfire, but the pastor behind the stunt defends it. |
Met Assistant Commissioner on hacking
Live coverage from the Select Committee Rooms |
In pictures
The Blitz: Eight months of bombing began 70 years ago |
Music for dinner parties?
What the Mercury Prize tells us about British music |
How to fix Pakistan
Should Islamabad surrender some sovereignty to save the country? |
Tax letters
If a letter says you have paid the wrong amount of tax - what next? |
Diamond to be new Barclays chief
Bob Diamond is to become chief executive of Barclays, while HSBC chairman Stephen Green steps down to become a government trade minister. |
Strike severely disrupts Tube
Some services resume on the London Underground following severe disruption on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes. |
Carey heads up Booker shortlist
Australian author Peter Carey, who has already won the Man Booker prize twice, has made the shortlist for this year's prize. |
France strikes over pension plans
France is braced for disruption as a strike over pension reform gets under way, with parliament also debating a ban on full face veils and a security bill. |
Tax error letters start to arrive
UK tax authorities are bracing themselves for a deluge of complaints and enquiries after sending out fresh tax calculations. |
Most believe 'retirement is over'
Seven out of 10 people believe retirement as we know it will not be possible in the future, a BBC Newsnight poll finds. |
Inbred bumblebees 'facing extinction'
Some of the UK's rarest bumblebees are at risk of becoming extinct as a result of inbreeding, research suggests. |
Capello insists Rooney will play
England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday. |
Live - County Championship
Nottinghamshire target the Championship title while relegation and promotion issues are at stake as the county season builds towards a climax. |
No helmet suspect killed in crash
A man suspected of being a motorbike thief who police refused to pursue because he was not wearing a helmet is killed riding a stolen bike. |
Hit-and-run death teenager jailed
A 17-year-old is jailed for eight-and-a-half years after killing a father in a hit-and-run incident in Edinburgh. |
Warning of 'prolonged recession'
The NI first minister, Peter Robinson, has warned that the expected cuts in public expenditure could be devastating for the local economy. |
NHS in Wales faces £380m cutbacks
The Welsh NHS faces making £380m worth of cutbacks by April, with managers saying it is the biggest challenge they have faced in 20 years. |
Nigeria city fears sect attacks
The army is conducting joint patrols with the police in Nigeria's northern city of Maiduguri after a wave of killings blamed on the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. |
Burma leader begins China visit
Burma's military leader, General Than Shwe, is starting a five-day visit to China to seek support for planned national elections later this year. |
EU's Barroso laments jobs crisis
The European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, highlights unemployment as a major challenge, in his first "state of the union" speech. |
Guatemala mudslide search halted
Teams in Guatemala have to halt the search for bodies following devasting mudslides which have killed at least 45 people. |
Iran stands firm on stoning case
Foreign powers should stop interfering in the case of an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning, Iran's foreign ministry says. |
Kabul Bank investors' cash frozen
Afghanistan's central bank follows its promise to back Kabul Bank by freezing the assets of leading investors. |
Obama unveils $50bn building plan
President Barack Obama announces a $50bn infrastructure plan as part of efforts to jump-start the faltering US economy. |
Ocado sees 30% rise in food sales
Online grocery retailer Ocado sees sales rose nearly 30% in the last quarter, but fails to prevent further share price falls. |
School clothes boost retail sales
Retail sales rose in August, partly thanks to strong sales of children's clothing ahead of the new school year, figures suggest. |
Don't anoint leader, says Abbott
Diane Abbott warns against "anointing" Labour's next leader saying he party had to show it had "moved on" from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. |
UK radiotherapy 'lagging behind'
Too few UK cancer patients are receiving state-of-the-art radiotherapy care, experts from Cancer Research UK say. |
'Genetic link' to breast cancer
Researchers have identified a series of genetic variations which may play a role in a common breast cancer. |
Former head jailed for sex abuse
A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils. |
New PS3 update blocks system hack
Sony has released a "minor" update for its PlayStation 3 that closes a loophole that allowed users to run pirated software. |
Pirate gamers face more sanctions
The developers behind the hotly anticipated Halo: Reach have taken another step aimed at cracking down on pirates. |
Red Planet 'may not be lifeless'
Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists. |
Rock anthems vanishing from chart
Sales rock singles drops 18% in the UK this year, according to figures from the Official Charts Company. |
One million tune in to Daybreak
More than one million people tune in to see the launch of ITV's new breakfast show Daybreak, but the BBC wins the ratings battle. |
Do our memories get better with age?
Our ability to recall events seems to sharpen as we get older, says Lisa Jardine, but can it be trusted to paint an accurate picture? |
Police 'will decide on phone hacking inquiry'
The police and not the government should decide whether to re-open the investigation into the News of the World phone-hacking allegations, Home Secretary Theresa May has said. |
Skyscraper climb using suction cups
A man has been arrested in San Francisco after climbing a skyscraper using suction cups. |
'The Blitz brought everybody together'
Alf Morris, who was 10 at the time of the Blitz, took BBC News back to the site of his former home in Bethnal Green to relive the events of the first night of Nazi Germany's assault on London. |
Inside UK's first Sikh temple school
Khalsa Primary school is the first Sikh school in the UK to be backed and partly funded by a Gurdwara, or Sikh temple. |
Travolta extortion case dismissed
Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped. |
AV referendum bill passes MP vote
Plans to change the way MPs are elected to Parliament survive their first Commons hurdle - despite criticism from Tory MPs. |
Gaps persist in cancer survival
Despite significant improvements in cancer survival rates across England, regional differences remain, national statistics show. |
UK mobile firms to merge networks
Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their networks. |
'No climate link' to African wars
A study suggests climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, challenging widely held assumptions. |
The 60s, but not as we know it
US drama Mad Men has won praise for its recreation of the 1960s, but it's not a classic depiction of the decade. |
Eddie who?
Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention? |
Andrea Bocelli concerts to mark 9/11
Andrea Bocelli is inviting survivors of the attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York to concerts on the Amalfi coast. |
Clear up begins in parts of Pakistan
The BBC's Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters. |
Moral support
Families focus on keeping miners mentally strong |
Cutting it
Why is sunburn remedy being sold as cocaine? |
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