The chancellor says the MoD, not the Treasury, will have to pay the £20bn cost of renewing the UK's nuclear deterrent, putting further pressure on the defence budget.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:04:45 +0000

BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:09:30 +0000

The US senator who will chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release says he may send investigators to the UK.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:04:48 +0000

Ministers are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:00:35 +0000

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:00 +0000

The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:58:13 +0000

Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:59:08 +0000

Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott is due to give evidence to the Iraq inquiry later.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:34:35 +0000

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to be granted bail ahead of a UK theft trial.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:04:07 +0000

A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London begins.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:38:14 +0000

Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:09:35 +0000

A luxury car worth £1.2m is clamped outside Harrods in central London after being illegally parked.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:24:46 +0000

The first session of Friday's practice is about to get under way for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:42:43 +0000

Triple jumper Phillips Idowu wins Great Britain's second gold of the European Championships as Martyn Bernard takes high jump bronze.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:34:11 +0000

Eoin Morgan says he feels deeply proud after scoring a first Test century against Pakistan and pays tribute to team-mate Paul Collingwood.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:19:26 +0000

David Ngog's double strike eases an inexperienced Liverpool side to victory over Rabotnicki in their Europa League third qualifying round first leg.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:48:32 +0000

Fulham confirm the appointment of Mark Hughes as their new manager, replacing Roy Hodgson.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:34:41 +0000

The Attorney General is to review the sentences given to two teenage members of a "happy slapping" gang who fatally injured a man.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:58:36 +0000

A Cheshire businessman accused of killing a man has charges against him dropped - the third time he has been cleared of murder.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:55:06 +0000

The Scottish government is told to release more details on the staging of meetings of its Council of Economic Advisers.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:16:42 +0000

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:49:37 +0000

Human remains found during a search for one of the disappeared in County Monaghan are taken to Dublin for post mortem examination.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:55:53 +0000

The police are due to release images of 14 people they want to speak to in connection with rioting in north Belfast.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:42:49 +0000

The family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan pay tribute ahead of his funeral, calling him "brave, courageous and loyal".

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:55:12 +0000

Two 12-year-old boys who were swept out to sea and an 18-year-old who tried to rescue them are pulled to safety.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:45:29 +0000

About 140 people are feared dead as a boat capsizes on a river in the western Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:32:33 +0000

President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the internal border is decided.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:26:28 +0000

Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:00:44 +0000

A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK arm of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:18:30 +0000

Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:32:30 +0000

Serbia seeks support for UN resolution opposing unilateral secession in territorial disputes such as that involving Kosovo.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:45:31 +0000

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, who was on hunger strike for more than 130 days, is released from hospital.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:20:37 +0000

The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:53:53 +0000

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia are to travel together to Lebanon, following a striking reconciliation between regional rivals.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:12:17 +0000

The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:25:34 +0000

Violence erupts in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands of garment workers protest over a government-backed wage increase that fell short of their demands.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:23:05 +0000

Floods triggered by monsoon rains kill at least 100 people in north-west Pakistan, and further downpours are forecast.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:48:32 +0000

The US consulate in the border city of Ciudad Juarez has been closed indefinitely while a security review is carried out.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:59:06 +0000

Arizona lodges an appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:27:29 +0000

Good weather and football's World Cup is thought to have given a boost to beer sales in the UK, industry figures suggest.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:05:58 +0000

Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:25:52 +0000

Banking giant Citigroup agrees to pay $75m to settle civil charges that it misled investors over potential losses from subprime mortgages.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:59:05 +0000

David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:20:14 +0000

The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697 "impermissible donation".

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:59:00 +0000

People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:59:50 +0000

The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:54:54 +0000

A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:28:51 +0000

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:17:11 +0000

Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:20:44 +0000

More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:29:07 +0000

There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:32:37 +0000

Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:40:36 +0000

No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:48:34 +0000

Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:33 +0000

A Unesco panel votes to remove the Galapagos Islands from a "red list" of endangered heritage sites, drawing protests from a leading conservation group.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:11:11 +0000

The X Prize foundation, best known for launching the private spaceflight industry, launches a $1.4 million oil clean-up challenge.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:38:00 +0000

The amount of plankton in the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, with warming identified as a cause.

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:23:48 +0000

Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine scoop two prizes at this year's Kerrang! Awards, including best British group for the third year running.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:29:20 +0000

The UK's leading music festival promoter is to give extra safety information after two alleged rapes at this month's Latitude Festival.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:41:13 +0000

Seven doctors who treated Michael Jackson in the years before his death will not face charges, US investigators say.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:58:21 +0000

With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble foodstuff so seriously?

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:15:25 +0000

Professor Robert Winston on how creative block has tormented great artists and even those in the sciences.

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:58:05 +0000

Mad Men's sassy secretary has been given government sanction for her body shape - but how realistic is it for women?

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:29:30 +0000

The BBC's John Simpson visits the city of Peshawar in Pakistan to see how the country is dealing with fighting two Talibans.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:33:13 +0000

Animal welfare groups in Greece are calling for the closure of the country's first dolphinarium and urging schools not to visit the attraction.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:54:41 +0000

Hundreds of amateur musicians have set the sights and sounds of Yorkshire to music.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:40:07 +0000

The world of doggy ice cream, a huge waterfight in Russia and a walk-in cow wash. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:55:56 +0000

A modern Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma is set to hit the big screen. Anna Holligan went to meet its stars.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:56:23 +0000

A Spanish tourist remains missing after a Turkish tour boat was engulfed by flames while sailing in the Mediterranean.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:43:08 +0000

Transport correspondent Richard Scott investigates how London's new cycle-hire scheme works.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:27:48 +0000

With nearly one in five people unemployed, the economic future looks bleak in Puerto Rico. Maria Hinojosa has this special report.

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:07:59 +0000

Delhi polishes up British accent in time for Games

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:18:00 +0000

Colourful 75-year history of the famous book publisher

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:14:02 +0000

Why the NHS should pay for saviour siblings

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:11:54 +0000

Public spending cuts fill many papers

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:10:20 +0000

Happily married, don't want kids - why is it seen as odd?

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:50:59 +0000

Was Dr Crippen innocent of his wife's murder?

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:47:14 +0000