Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:55:33 GMT

Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:24:23 GMT

High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a new study says.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:05:21 GMT

Fabio Capello is looking forward to his retirement as the Italian confirms he will stand down as England coach after Euro 2012.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:44:22 GMT

The number of cash machines in the UK has fallen and withdrawals have dropped as shoppers turn to cards, figures show.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:01:01 GMT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.

: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:01:18 GMT

President Obama urges Congress to approve billions in tax breaks and spending to boost the US economy ahead of November's elections.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:37:25 GMT

Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure".

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:15:04 GMT

David Cameron's father Ian dies in hospital in France shortly after the Prime Minister joined other members of his family at his bedside.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:06:06 GMT

A medical charity says it has documented for the first time the effects of immigration detention on children facing removal from the UK.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:00:36 GMT

Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product, Google Instant, that displays results as soon as users type in queries.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:09:45 GMT

Former newspaper editor and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers will replace US TV presenter Larry King on the US network CNN, it is announced.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:48:30 GMT

Patients could be prescribed music tailored to their needs as a result of new university research.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:40:59 GMT

Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is named the new manager of Aston Villa.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:07:17 GMT

John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:12:42 GMT

Ferrari have avoided further punishment for using banned team orders, a Formula 1 disciplinary hearing in Paris has ruled.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:15:15 GMT

Caroline Wozniacki, Dominika Cibulkova, Robin Soderling and Roger Federer are going for semi-final spots at the US Open.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:57:20 GMT

England batsman Kevin Pietersen hopes to play for South African franchise Kwa-Zulu Natal in two matches as a warm-up for this winter's Ashes.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:13:18 GMT

A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in July, a report reveals.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:05:24 GMT

Police use the anniversary of the killing of Manchester schoolboy Jessie James to once again appeal for help to catch his killer.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:25:28 GMT

Boundary changes for the next Scottish Parliament elections suggest a possible boost to the Conservatives, according to experts.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:36:28 GMT

Scientists begin a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent a common birth defect.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:39:12 GMT

The priest suspected of being involved in the 1972 Claudy bombing met Martin McGuinness shortly before he died, the deputy first minister confirms.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:26:33 GMT

Sinn Fein says cuts "proposed or imposed by the British goverment must be challenged and resisted", following Peter Robinson's call for savings.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:29:46 GMT

A 29-year-old soldier on foot patrol in Afghanistan was killed by a sophisticated explosive device which was hard to detect, an inquest hears.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:38:24 GMT

Metal plant owners Anglesey Aluminium confirm production will not restart at their Holyhead factory which was mothballed 12 months ago.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:37:08 GMT

The UN's secretary general urges Rwanda not to withdraw its peacekeepers from Sudan over a leaked report saying its troops may have committed genocide.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:03:12 GMT

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military and police chiefs ahead of planned January presidential election.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:51:27 GMT

The first witness in the trial of a powerful clan accused of the Philippines' worst political massacre says the family plotted the killings over dinner.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:32:42 GMT

At least 30 workers are rescued and at least two are missing after a storm causes an oil rig off China's north-east coast to list dangerously.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:37:04 GMT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage in 2006.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:51:00 GMT

The Irish government says it will break up the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank as part of the failed lender's resolution.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:56:17 GMT

Men armed with automatic weapons burst into a shoe factory in northern Honduras, killing 18 people in a suspected gang attack.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:54:57 GMT

Cuba's Fidel Castro criticises Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:40 GMT

Gunmen in Iraq have killed an Iraqi TV journalist - the second in as many days - while four other people were killed in two attacks in the capital Baghdad.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:48:15 GMT

Foreign powers should stop interfering in the case of an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning, Iran's foreign ministry says.

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:38:49 GMT

An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom's Indian phone assets.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:59:42 GMT

A man appears in court in Mumbai in connection with a bomb blast at a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune six months ago.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:22:12 GMT

A US pastor says he is not "backing down" from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international condemnation.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:02:52 GMT

Australia and New Zealand top the table in the largest ever study into global charitable behaviour, but some poor countries also scoring high.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:02:00 GMT

US economic growth showed "widespread signs of deceleration" in August, says the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:57:12 GMT

Property giant Connaught formally enters administration, putting thousands of jobs at risk.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:18:57 GMT

The country "cannot afford" to write off underpayments of income tax caused by problems with the calculation system, a minister says.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:45:37 GMT

MPs are to examine how the coalition was formed after the election and issues arising from the negotiations between the two parties.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:58:46 GMT

Closing dozens of small embassies to save money would be a "false economy" as they do not cost much, says William Hague.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:26:10 GMT

Labour MPs have rejected a move to allow the new party leader to choose who serves in the shadow cabinet.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:37:48 GMT

There are now 12 cases linked to a Legionnaires' outbreak, as health officials focus on south Wales industrial sites in the search for the cause.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:52:43 GMT

Millions of pounds are lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says.

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:37:49 GMT

The injury into contaminated NHS blood products in the 1980s will hear from the victims who contracted HIV and Hepatitis.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:16:37 GMT

Vice-chancellors warn that the traditional university experience could become the preserve of an elite.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:56:55 GMT

A school where a boy was attacked with a hammer failed to recognise a series of racist incidents prior to the assault, a serious case review finds.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:10:48 GMT

Cambridge University has come top of an international university rankings table, knocking Harvard of the top spot for the first time since 2004.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:35:39 GMT

A survey shows a majority of web users have suffered cybercrime, but many respondents were themselves less than honest.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:33:03 GMT

Premises across Europe, including a Swedish university, have been raided by police in a piracy crackdown

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:17 GMT

The UK's Information Commissioner has reprimanded ISP TalkTalk over recent unpublicised trials of its anti-malware system.

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:25:54 GMT

Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled plans for a squeeze on public funding for scientific research.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:04:55 GMT

Palaeontologists uncover a new dinosaur with what may be the earliest evidence of feathers.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:50:00 GMT

Scientists carry out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women.

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:06:32 GMT

No decisions have been taken about possible funding cuts to the BBC World Service, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:19:23 GMT

The xx express surprise at their Mercury Prize win and singer-songwiter Conor J O'Brien gives the stand-out performance of the ceremony.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:58:37 GMT

Horror movie The Last Exorcism debuts at the top of the UK and Ireland box office, taking £1.1m in its opening weekend.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:45:11 GMT

In his regular column, Michael Blastland looks at why the people ignored by surveys could be those with the strongest opinions.

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:33:26 GMT

Street cocaine has long been diluted, but now the cutting agents themselves have spawned a black market.

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:12 GMT

US drama Mad Men has won praise for its recreation of the 1960s, but it's not a classic depiction of the decade.

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

Standing in for David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has insisted it is for the police to decide how to proceed over the News of the World phone hacking row.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:39:13 GMT

Scientists say they have carried out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:59:32 GMT

A scale model of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how it is being repaired

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:47:18 GMT

As preparations are made for the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing, Radio 1 Newsbeat's Natalie Jamieson has a look behind the scenes.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:38:09 GMT

The Pope has said he is "very much looking forward" to his visit to the UK next week, and thanked all those involved in advance for their efforts.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:25:19 GMT

Angelina Jolie has visited Nowshera in north-west Pakistan to highlight the plight of more than 20 million people affected by the country's worst ever floods.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:07:52 GMT

The miners trapped underground in Chile were able to watch a football match after rescue workers provided a mini TV screen.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:13:17 GMT

A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:46:10 GMT

Rescue workers from seven countries gather for a two-day disaster exercise in Portsmouth to test how they would react to an earthquake.

: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:55:14 GMT

The plight of Commonwealth Games workers in Delhi

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:28:40 GMT

What happened to Mercury, as in Mercury music prize?

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:11:51 GMT

The UK visits of Benedict XVI and John Paul II compared

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:52:55 GMT

Did the Blitz really make British people tougher?

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:34:56 GMT

Is it bad taste to have a 'shortest man' record?

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:35:56 GMT

The US church threatening to burn Korans on 9/11

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:41:05 GMT

How John le Carre's old foe is back on British soil

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:07:38 GMT