The Metropolitan Police says it may reopen the investigation into allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World if new evidence is uncovered.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:04:42 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 05:54:46 GMT

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

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

A suicide bombing in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 17 people at a police station, officials say.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:42:29 GMT

Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it has decided not to carry out "armed actions" in its campaign for independence, the BBC learns.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:05:57 GMT

Former prime minister Tony Blair criticises the government's prison policies, saying the coalition is soft on crime.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:57:48 GMT

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

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:50:33 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.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:51:02 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

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

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

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

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:29:47 GMT

Early ELO member Mike Edwards is killed in a freak road accident involving a bale of hay in Devon.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:51:02 GMT

A pub landlady tells how she discovered a car embedded in the wall of the men's toilets.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:38:55 GMT

Prince Charles and ex-prime minister Tony Blair will be guests in the first week of new ITV morning show Daybreak.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:44:08 GMT

Britain's Andy Murray goes out of the US Open after suffering a dramatic slump against 25th seed Stanislas Wawrinka.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:10:29 GMT

Wayne Rooney will fly out to Switzerland on Monday morning for England's Euro 2012 qualifier amid allegations about his private life.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:05:37 GMT

England underline their status as World Twenty20 champions as they cruise to victory in the first of two internationals against Pakistan.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:05:52 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

Police trying to identify a badly-burnt body found on a golf course in East Sussex believe the young man was murdered elsewhere.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:56:22 GMT

A 67-year-old woman is charged with murdering her husband who died from a single stab wound to the heart at the family home in Surrey.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:39:33 GMT

The boss of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Scotland warns the next 18 months may be much tougher for the economy than the past 18.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:42:06 GMT

Student hardship in Scotland reaches "crisis levels", a survey by the National Union of Students (NUS) finds.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:44:17 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 06:22:55 GMT

NI political parties are divided over proposals to change the voting system for Westminster elections and to have fewer MPs.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:14:15 GMT

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

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:37:24 GMT

Up to 600 jobs are expected to be created during the construction of a £107m motorway link near Port Talbot.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:38:31 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

Thousands of South African platinum miners at the Northam mine begin a strike in support of a 15% pay claim.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:25:00 GMT

Officials assess the damage caused by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, as aftershocks continue.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:03:24 GMT

The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:37:06 GMT

The Vatican says it could appeal diplomatically to Iran to spare the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:43:06 GMT

Moldova's prime minister acknowledges that a referendum to make presidents directly elected has failed to gain enough voters.

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:01:48 GMT

At least 36 people die in Guatemala in landslides caused by weeks of intense rain, and many others are still missing.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:59:37 GMT

Police in El Salvador find a barrel containing more than $9m of suspected drug money, with more cash in a second barrel nearby.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:36:20 GMT

US troops are called in to help Iraqi forces battle insurgents behind a deadly attack on an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, security officials tell the BBC.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:25:16 GMT

Israel carries out three bombing raids on the Gaza Strip, killing one man and injuring another.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:48:32 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

Armed police are posted outside the main branch of Kabul Bank as customers continue to withdraw money amid fears it may collapse.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:14:41 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

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

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:31:55 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

HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:40:43 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

The Scottish government is set to shelve plans for an independence referendum before next year's election.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:35:19 GMT

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

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:12:49 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

Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.

: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:56:38 GMT

Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe, UK experts say.

: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:36:41 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

One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.

: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:52:36 GMT

Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:39:09 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

Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:13:18 GMT

The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:03:14 GMT

A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts trying to launch a dummy 30km into the sky abort the mission when a valve on their rocket freezes up.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:43:48 GMT

Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.

: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:44:59 GMT

Former X Factor contestant Olly Murs goes straight to the top of the UK singles chart with his debut single Please Don't Let Me Go.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:01:27 GMT

The funeral is held of singer Charles Haddon from Northamptonshire who died in a fall in Belgium.

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:55:51 GMT

Thousands of people watch Robbie Williams switch on Blackpool's illuminations.

: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:44:56 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

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

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:44:27 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

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

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 armed Basque separatist group Eta has decided not to carry out "armed actions" in its campaign for Basque independence from France and Spain, the BBC has been told.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:27:34 GMT

The Italian government is inviting private companies to sponsor the Colosseum to help fund repairs.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:25:53 GMT

The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:54:48 GMT

A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:50:29 GMT

How the BBC learned that Eta was calling a ceasefire

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

Search for dozens feared buried by Guatemalan mudslide

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:17:11 GMT

Ali-Foreman boxing match venue now in state of decay

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:59:23 GMT

A major new exhibition focuses on crucial four-year period

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:57:16 GMT

Phone-hacking allegations continue to be reported widely

: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:52:54 GMT

How an ancient diet could aid healthy eating

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:13:14 GMT

Mystery of young women disappearing in Ciudad Juarez

: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:15:04 GMT

How can Italy best commercialise its world-famous Colosseum?

: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:00:35 GMT