Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson says he is happy to meet police after fresh claims of phone tapping while he was a tabloid editor.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:41:05 GMT

A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:02 GMT

The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:48:02 GMT

School pupils are among 19 people killed after a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden pickup truck into a police station in north-west Pakistan.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:09:08 GMT

A Sussex vicar found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages is jailed for four years.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:56:07 GMT

Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams appeal for help in tracing two people seen entering his central London flat.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:38:18 GMT

A primary school is closed in Antrim after a suspected pipe bomb is found by an eight-year-old pupil and carried into a classroom.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:36:58 GMT

Tony Blair has hinted that he could cancel a book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:29:56 GMT

Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:28:08 GMT

Severe disruption is expected on London's Underground network when the first in a series of strikes begins later.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:00:08 GMT

The replacement for GMTV, hosted by former BBC presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley, debuts on television.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:00:12 GMT

Perry Watkins from Buckinghamshire has set what he hopes is a new world record for the fastest piece of furniture, a Queen Anne dining table.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:15:05 GMT

A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world's shortest living man by Guinness World Records.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:11:05 GMT

Striker Wayne Rooney arrives in Switzerland with the England squad for their Euro 2012 qualifier amid allegations about his private life.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:43:58 GMT

Andy Murray is at a loss to explain the physical problems behind his surprise defeat by Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round of the US Open.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:59:00 GMT

Paul Collingwood praises England for putting Pakistan's off-field troubles out of their mind as they easily won the first Twenty20 international.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:12:02 GMT

Pakistan's Yasir Hameed says a meeting he had with the News of the World that was secretly recorded has been "inaccurately reported" by the tabloid.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:38:53 GMT

John Toshack is on the verge of quitting as Wales manager after the defeat in Montenegro, BBC Sport understands.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:23:00 GMT

Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:34:17 GMT

A package of confidential documents relating to the Pope's visit are handed in to police.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:27:50 GMT

Banking giant Barclays announces it is to expand its presence in Glasgow, creating 600 jobs.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:22:52 GMT

A bill to hold an independence referendum will not be put to a vote before the 2011 elections, the Scottish government confirms.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:47:54 GMT

Tony Blair warns the authorities on both sides of the Irish border not to underestimate the threat posed by dissident republicans.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:49:19 GMT

The former US president Bill Clinton is to make a brief visit to NI ahead of an economic summit next month.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:41:24 GMT

A 22-year-old man is jailed for three years and four months after killing a man who was on a night out with his father in Flintshire.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:22:47 GMT

Industry leaders and council officials say Wales is more vulnerable to public cuts due to high public sector employment.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:45:08 GMT

Many people are feared dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo after two boats capsize in separate incidents.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:53:07 GMT

Police in Mozambique arrest 142 people over last week's riots which led to 10 deaths in the capital, Maputo.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:22:21 GMT

A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:54:39 GMT

North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:57:44 GMT

Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:36:50 GMT

British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:01:59 GMT

Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile hold a ceremony to mark their first month underground.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:15:19 GMT

Guatemalan officials say they have given up hope for dozens buried by mud as they tried to rescue other trapped people.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:48:38 GMT

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:11:59 GMT

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman vows his party will block any attempt to extend the partial freeze on settlements in the West Bank.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:06:45 GMT

Afghanistan's central bank promises to back Kabul Bank as customers continue to take out their savings.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:58:10 GMT

Maoist rebels in the eastern Indian state of Bihar release three policemen they were holding hostage for eight days, police say.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:30:51 GMT

The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:27:10 GMT

Songwriter Kara DioGuardi becomes the latest member of the judging panel on American Idol to quit this year.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:31:21 GMT

Pensioners hit by the Equitable Life scandal are making a final attempt to persuade the government to pay them full compensation.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:52:39 GMT

New car sales fell 17.5% in August - the second consecutive month of declines, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:54:16 GMT

Rising overseas demand has created buoyant conditions for manufacturers in the UK, an industry report suggests, though threats remain.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:05:49 GMT

The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green will say in his first major speech on immigration.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:04:40 GMT

Plans for a referendum of the way MPs are elected will take centre stage on Monday as the House of Commons resumes business.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:41:10 GMT

Many people are in favour of reducing the deficit but they are less clear about where cuts should be made, a BBC poll suggests.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:01:49 GMT

A type two diabetes drug is still being prescribed in the UK two months after it was recommended for withdrawal, BBC Panorama learns.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:18:33 GMT

Nearly one in four junior doctors drop out of their NHS training after two years, figures show.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:08:05 GMT

Scientists say they have established one reason why gum disease may increase the risk of heart disease.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:42:13 GMT

The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:22:02 GMT

Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:04:07 GMT

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:56:22 GMT

Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:19:46 GMT

A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:20:42 GMT

Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.

: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:43:40 GMT

Former UK Prime Minster Tony Blair warns world leaders they may pay a heavy price in history if they fail to tackle global warming.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:09:15 GMT

Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:18:12 GMT

Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:08:39 GMT

The odds of Paul Weller winning the Mercury Prize are slashed after a bookmaker takes an "unprecedented" rush of bets backing him.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:43:09 GMT

Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle founds a new record label and will release her debut solo album, Insatiable, through Tesco supermarkets.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:29:44 GMT

The Brit Awards are to move to the O2 Arena in east London from Earl's Court in the west of the city.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:12:54 GMT

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?

: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:16:57 GMT

Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention?

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:10:21 GMT

The world is on the verge of a bed-bug pandemic, according to a report - how did the tiny biting insects come to pose such a threat?

: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:42:04 GMT

Remarkable new footage of the the London blitz goes on show.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:34:46 GMT

England striker Wayne Rooney joined the rest of the squad on a flight from Luton Airport.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:43:16 GMT

The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:31:14 GMT

I Am Kloot singer John Bramwell talks to Elbow's Guy Garvey about Kloot's Mercury Music Prize-nominated album, which Garvey and bandmate Craig Potter produced.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:42:44 GMT

40% of domestic violence victims are male but a new study suggests victims are often ignored by police and there are only a handful of refuge places for abused men across the UK. Ian McNicholl was abused by a partner and told his story to BBC Breakfast

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:19:56 GMT

Officials in New Zealand have been evaluating the damage caused in the city of Christchurch by an earthquake and its many aftershocks.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:19:43 GMT

The Edinburgh International Festival finished with a bang on Sunday as more than 100,000 fireworks lit up the night sky.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:44:27 GMT

Nick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:28:48 GMT

The secrets behind some of the UK’s newest inventions

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:23:00 GMT

What does Mad Men tell us about this most mythologised decade?

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:35:37 GMT

How the BBC learned that Eta was calling a ceasefire

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:57:31 GMT

Mercury prize-winner Guy Garvey talks to nominees I Am Kloot

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:42:48 GMT

How likely is it that you'll live to be 100 years old?

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:52:24 GMT