UK interest rates remain at 0.5%
The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.5% for the 18th consecutive month. |
Graduates 'will have to pay more'
Vice chancellors are to be told that raising graduate contributions is the best way to ensure future funding for higher education. |
Toshack poised to quit Wales job
John Toshack is set to announce his resignation as Wales manager at a media conference on Thursday. |
Brilliant Federer beats Soderling
Five-time champion Roger Federer produces a stunning display to beat Robin Soderling and reach the semi-finals of the US Open. |
Signs of an increase in marriages
The number of marriages in Scotland rises in the spring after falling for more than a year, figures show. |
Woman pulled from house fire
Firefighters revive a woman found slumped in her living room after she was overcome by smoke in her north Belfast home. |
Japan-China boat spat escalates
China warns Japan that their wider relationship will suffer if Tokyo mishandles a dispute about a Chinese fishing boat seized in disputed waters. |
Euro MPs condemn France over Roma
Euro MPs call on France to suspend its deportations of Roma (Gypsies), as Paris seeks co-operation from Romania. |
Indian caste census due in 2011
India's first caste-based census since 1931 will take place next year, the cabinet announces. |
Obama defiant on tax cut stance
President Obama defends his opposition to extending Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier people and criticises what he calls Republican obstruction. |
BP's Hayward to face MP grilling
The outgoing boss of BP Tony Hayward is to be questioned by a committee of MPs over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. |
NHS IT costs to be cut by £700m
The government has announced £700m of savings in the national IT programme for the NHS in England, cutting the overall cost to £11.4bn. |
Broadband speed gets laser boost
A kind of "auto-tune for data" developed by a European team may help increase the capacities of long-haul fibre optic cables. |
New evidence for rare black hole
Researchers say they may have found further evidence for the existence of an unusual type of black hole. |
Britain's only gay mass
Some gay people will protest at the Pope's UK visit next week - but one London Catholic church is hosting a "gay mass". |
Did the Blitz really unify Britain?
Seventy years ago Britain endured eight months of nightly German bombing. Does this tale of national unity tell the whole story? |
Lion lunges at Las Vegas trainer
A lion lunged at a trainer as stunned onlookers watched in horror, at Las Vegas's MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. |
Fat orang-utan goes on a diet
An overweight orang-utan, who was Britain's fattest primate, has been put on a strict new diet. |
Off the dial
What happened to Mercury, as in Mercury music prize? |
Dino clue
Palaeontologists discover what may be the earliest evidence of feathers |
Spending cuts 'to hit north harder'
Industrial towns in the north east of England may be least able to cope with deep cuts in public spending, BBC-commissioned research suggests. |
Defence firm BAE cuts 1,000 jobs
BAE Systems has announced it is to axe almost 1,000 jobs at five sites across England, mainly in its military division. |
MPs debating phone hacking claims
MPs are debating allegations that MPs had their mobile phones hacked into by News of the World journalists. |
Cameron tribute to 'amazing dad'
David Cameron and his family pay tribute to their late father Ian, describing him as a man who had "touched a lot of lives". |
British hostage freed in Pakistan
A British journalist held captive by militants in north-west Pakistan since March is released. |
Vitamin 'may help prevent' spina bifida
Scientists begin a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent a common birth defect. |
Kate Silverton and pitfalls of trampolining on TV
Kate Silverton sees the pitfalls of trampolining on TV |
Live - County Championship
Nottinghamshire look to hold off the chasing pack of Somerset, Yorkshire and Lancashire, while Kent and Hampshire battle against relegation. |
Southampton withdraw Adkins offer
Southampton withdraw their offer to Scunthorpe boss Nigel Adkins to become their new manager, according to Iron chairman Steve Wharton. |
Family in appeal to missing girl
The mother and cousin of a 14-year-old Bristol girl who went missing with her young child appeal for her to come home. |
Boundary move 'gives Tories hope'
Boundary changes for the next Scottish Parliament elections suggest a possible boost to the Conservatives, according to experts. |
McGuinness 'forgot deathbed talk'
Martin McGuinness says he forgot a deathbed conversation he had with the priest suspected of being involved in the 1972 Claudy bombing. |
Rural Wales waits for funding axe
Some of the largest conservation bodies in Wales fear they will have to find massive savings following the UK Government spending review. |
South Sudan vote is 'time bomb'
The referendum on independence for Southern Sudan is a "ticking time bomb", US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says. |
Police may have shot HK hostages
Investigators in the Philippines say police may have accidentally shot some of the hostages on a bus hijacked last month. |
Big toll in Russian market bomb
At least 15 people are killed and more than 60 wounded in a bomb attack in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz, local officials say. |
Mexico crime 'like an insurgency'
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico. |
Obama condemns Koran burning plan
US President Barack Obama says a small church's plans to burn the Koran are a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaeda. |
Planes nearly collide over London
A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in 2009, a report reveals. |
Higgins' name is damaged - Hearn
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn believes John Higgins' name has been tarnished, despite the former world champion being cleared of match fixing. |
Concern over jobless households
Charities working with children and young people in Wales raise concerns about the number of households where nobody works. |
Honduras massacre 'gang rivalry'
A mass shooting in a shoe factory in Honduras is blamed on rival street gangs linked to Mexican drug cartels. |
Record goods trade deficit for UK
The UK's goods trade deficit widened to a record high in July after imports rose sharply and exports fell from the previous month. |
Vocational courses to face review
Education Secretary Michael Gove is to announce an independent review of vocational qualifications for students aged 14 to 19 in England. |
Heat pumps 'need tighter rules'
Domestic heat pumps need to be subject to tighter regulations in order for them to deliver widespread energy savings, a report suggests. |
Google revamps search system
Google revamps search system with launch of 'Instant' |
MPs debate phone hacking allegations
Live coverage from the House of Commons. |
Iran opposition lawyer detained
A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is detained by the authorities on security charges. |
Taliban chief says victory close
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". |
Rig firms hit back at BP report
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. |
Goldman Sachs fined £17.5m by FSA
Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £17.5m by the UK's financial watchdog. |
Air Zimbabwe pilots in pay strike
Striking pilots at Air Zimbabwe have began talks with management over a pay dispute that has grounded the carrier's flights. |
Ed Miliband tops August donations
Leadership hopeful Ed Miliband raised the most money of any of the Labour contenders during August, Electoral Commission figures show. |
Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'
High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a study says. |
Outbreak probe at industry sites
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. |
Willetts defends research squeeze
Science Minister David Willetts defends planned cuts to science research, saying the aim is to link innovation to business better. |
Google unveils 'instant' searches
Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product called Instant that displays results as soon as users type in queries. |
One in four gives fake net names
A survey shows a majority of web users have suffered cybercrime, but many respondents were themselves less than honest. |
Fungus threatening film history
A fungus that 'eats' cine film threatens to irreversibly damage important film archive and record of British social history. |
Tinie Tempah leads way for Mobos
Rapper Tinie Tempah leads the way in the nominations for this year's Mobo Awards in Liverpool with four nods. |
Morgan to replace host Larry King
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. |
Is it bad taste to have a 'shortest man' record?
The world has a new shortest man - a 27in-tall person from Colombia. but is the title itself in poor taste? |
SNP unveil government programme
The first minister outlines the Scottish government's programme for the forthcoming parliamentary year on 8 September 2010. |
On foot patrol to deter the Taliban
Quentin Sommerville goes on foot patrol with some of the men of the US Army's 101st Airborne division near the village of Zerok in Afghanistan. |
Merlin series takes 'darker tone'
Newsbeat visits the cast of Merlin on location in a soggy Puzzlewood and speaks to the actors who play Merlin and Morgana. |
Plus size debut at NY Fashion Week
For the first time at New York Fashion Week there will be a runway show featuring plus size models. |
Why do interest rates matter?
The BBC's Declan Curry looks at why interest rates matter |
Vulnerable to public sector cuts?
Find out how resilient areas of England might be |
Talking pictures
Inspirational portraits of some of Wales' best-loved stars |
Your pictures
A selection of your images on the theme of going back to work |
Chote set to head Budget office
Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). |
Explosive EastEnders plot could signal end of Peggy
An explosive EastEnders storyline which could see the end of Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor, begins on Thursday. |
Met officer charged with assault
A Metropolitan Police officer is charged with assaulting a prisoner in west London. |
SA murder rate shows sharp fall
The murder rate has fallen by 8.6% over the past year in South Africa, the latest statistics show. |
Yemeni soldier killed in ambush
Gunmen open fire on soldiers in southern Yemen, killing at least one and wounding others. |
Clegg seeks to calm cuts anxiety
Nick Clegg has sought to calm fears over the impact of spending cuts, insisting they will be spread over four years not implemented immediately. |
Two-tier university warning given
Vice-chancellors warn that the traditional university experience could become the preserve of an elite. |
Spears sued for sexual harassment
A former bodyguard for Britney Spears files a sexual harassment lawsuit against the pop star. |
Colorado fire destroys homes
A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, according to officials. |
'Real women'
Plus-size models make New York Fashion Week debut |
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