• New phone hacking inquiries call
    3 Sep 2010 at 1:40pm
    Senior Labour politicians urge fresh inquiries into phone hacking claims surrounding the News of the World newspaper.

  • Police question Pakistan players
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:30pm
    Police question the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that trio implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.

  • Lib Dem veteran Cyril Smith dies
    3 Sep 2010 at 11:02am
    The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died aged 82, his family and party confirm.

  • Pakistan rally bomb kills dozens
    3 Sep 2010 at 1:33pm
    A bomb kills at least 50 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.

  • UN calls special food price talks
    3 Sep 2010 at 11:40am
    The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.

  • Tycoon Nadir bailed in fraud case
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:07am
    Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.

  • Earthquake hits south New Zealand
    3 Sep 2010 at 1:41pm
    A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island, causing widespread minor damage and power cuts.

  • Thompson defends BBC No 10 visit
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:14am
    Director general denies he compromised the BBC's independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the government's spending cuts.

  • Worshippers 'just escaped blast'
    3 Sep 2010 at 1:50pm
    A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was evacuated seconds before an explosion almost destroyed the building, it emerges.

  • Six men jailed for Portugal abuse
    3 Sep 2010 at 12:04pm
    Six Portuguese men are sentenced to up to 18 years in jail after being found guilty of multiple charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home.

  • Fans jailed for Manchester riot
    3 Sep 2010 at 2:52pm
    Twelve football hooligans who took part in what a judge said was the worst destruction Manchester has suffered "since the Blitz" are sentenced.

  • Plane body women face no charges
    3 Sep 2010 at 12:38pm
    Two women who were arrested after trying to take a dead relative on to a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport will not face charges.

  • Baby Florence makes Downing Street debut
    3 Sep 2010 at 5:18am
    Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha show off their baby daughter, Florence, for the first time on the steps of Number 10.

  • Sarah Kennedy is leaving BBC Radio 2
    3 Sep 2010 at 8:35am
    Veteran broadcaster Sarah Kennedy is leaving BBC Radio 2's Dawn Patrol show - 34 years after joining the station

  • Live - Euro 2012 qualifiers
    3 Sep 2010 at 11:30am
    England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all kick off their Euro 2012 qualifying campaigns as Wales lose their opening match in Montenegro.

  • Murray sees off flamboyant Brown
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:13pm
    Britain's Andy Murray overcomes the unorthodox style of Jamaica's Dustin Brown to reach the third round of the US Open.

  • Montenegro 1-0 Wales
    3 Sep 2010 at 2:28pm
    Montenegro captain Mirko Vucinic scores a fine solo goal to condemn Wales to defeat in their opening Euro 2012 qualifier.

  • Slovenia 0-1 Northern Ireland
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:42pm
    Corey Evans gives Northern Ireland a 1-0 win over Slovenia in the opening Euro 2012 qualifier in Maribor.

  • Lithuania 0-0 Scotland
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:09pm
    Scotland have to settle for a point as their Euro 2012 qualification campaign begins with frustration in Lithuania.

  • Probe as police crash seized car
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:23am
    Two police officers are suspended from driving duties after crashing a car they had seized from a suspected drink-driver.

  • Woman killed as she herds cattle
    3 Sep 2010 at 1:16pm
    A 74-year-old Northamptonshire churchwarden dies when she is knocked to the ground as she herds cattle.

  • Police raids after drill attack
    3 Sep 2010 at 11:46am
    Police carry out two days of raids after a man was attacked with a power drill in North Lanarkshire.

  • City centre plan for 20mph zone
    3 Sep 2010 at 1:14pm
    Edinburgh's transport leader admits speeding but said he still believes a 20mph zone would be a good idea.
  • Murder inquiry launched in Armagh
    3 Sep 2010 at 2:49pm
    Detectives in Armagh have begun a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in the Castle Street area on Friday.

  • PSNI rescue 'trafficking victims'
    3 Sep 2010 at 2:49pm
    Several "potential victims of human trafficking" have been rescued in raids on suspected brothels in Belfast, police say.

  • Backing for Welsh 'phone hack' MP
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:01pm
    Metropolitan Police Authority member backs Welsh MP Chris Bryant on call for more information over tabloid newspaper's phone hacking claims.

  • Daughter denies murdering father
    3 Sep 2010 at 9:01am
    A teenager pleads not guilty to murdering her 61-year-old father along with three other people.

  • Mozambique police fire at rioters
    3 Sep 2010 at 1:23pm
    Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.

  • SA condemns Madagascar jail term
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:37am
    South Africa strongly criticises Madagascar over the life sentence passed on exiled President Marc Ravalomanana.

  • Japan imposes new Iran sanctions
    2 Sep 2010 at 11:35pm
    Japan imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme but maintains its oil import schedule.

  • China warships end Burma visit
    3 Sep 2010 at 12:01am
    The first visit of Chinese warships to Burma ends as top Burmese leader Than Shwe prepares to visit Beijing, highlighting the two country's close ties.

  • Irish delay EU-Israel data deal
    3 Sep 2010 at 7:12am
    Dublin delays a deal to allow transfers of EU citizens' data to Israel, which is accused of forging passports.

  • Fox rules out French 'ship share'
    3 Sep 2010 at 6:32am
    Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.

  • Colombian troops storm rebel camp
    3 Sep 2010 at 2:46pm
    Colombian troops storm an ELN guerrilla camp near the Venezuelan border, killing 11 rebels, a day after 14 policemen were killed in an ambush in the south.

  • Mexican clash 'kills 27 gunmen'
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:51am
    Twenty-seven suspected drug gang members are killed in a clash with troops near the US border, Mexico's army says, hours after the country's president vows to continue the fight against drug cartels.

  • US cargo plane crashes in Dubai
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:30pm
    A UPS cargo plane crashes after take-off near a motorway in Dubai, killing two crew members aboard, officials say.

  • Clinton warns on Mid-East talks
    3 Sep 2010 at 2:22pm
    The US secretary of state warns the current round of Mid-East peace talks may be "the last chance for a very long time".

  • Anthrax outbreak hits Bangladesh
    3 Sep 2010 at 12:02pm
    Officials in northern Bangladesh battle to contain an anthrax outbreak that has infected more than 250 people.

  • S Lanka panel lost in translation
    3 Sep 2010 at 11:23am
    A key witness at the commission set up to examine the last years of Sri Lanka's civil war complains his words were not properly translated.

  • US sees 54,000 jobs go in August
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:05am
    The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.

  • Hurricane Earl skirts eastern US
    3 Sep 2010 at 9:50am
    A weakened hurricane Earl skirts past North Carolina's Outer Banks and continues up the US east coast as a "category one" storm.

  • HSBC threatens to quit London HQ
    3 Sep 2010 at 12:19pm
    HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says.

  • Petrobras files $65bn share offer
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:12pm
    The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64.5bn of new stock, in one of the world's largest share offers.

  • BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn
    3 Sep 2010 at 9:28am
    BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.

  • Farage to contest UKIP leadership
    3 Sep 2010 at 9:52am
    Nigel Farage says he will stand for the leadership of the UK Independence Party, a position he held until last year.

  • School lottery 'failed in aim'
    2 Sep 2010 at 6:49pm
    England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.

  • Openness urged on UK's emissions
    2 Sep 2010 at 7:49pm
    The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.

  • 'No evidence' implants are toxic
    3 Sep 2010 at 6:36am
    Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe, UK experts say.

  • Compost sparks Legionnaire's fear
    2 Sep 2010 at 6:03pm
    Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost.

  • Clue to egg flaws in older women
    2 Sep 2010 at 11:59am
    British scientists say they are closer to knowing why older women trying to fall pregnant are more likely to produce abnormal eggs.

  • Men in short supply in primaries
    3 Sep 2010 at 7:52am
    One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.

  • Prodigy makes Cambridge history
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:13am
    A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries.

  • School meals 'help fussy eaters'
    1 Sep 2010 at 6:15pm
    School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests.

  • PS3 hack escapes court challenge
    3 Sep 2010 at 5:43am
    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.

  • Memristor revolution backed by HP
    2 Sep 2010 at 10:33am
    A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.

  • Global broadband divide revealed
    2 Sep 2010 at 7:45am
    The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.

  • Plans for solar 'close encounter'
    3 Sep 2010 at 11:44am
    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.

  • Wolves fail to halt aspen decline
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:20am
    The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.

  • Method to trace persistent CFCs
    2 Sep 2010 at 7:49pm
    Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.

  • DJs unite for Love Parade track
    3 Sep 2010 at 11:47am
    Three of the world's most successful club DJs join forces to pay tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany in July.

  • Cheryl and Ashley granted divorce
    3 Sep 2010 at 4:45am
    Cheryl and Ashley Cole are granted a divorce at the High Court after four years of marriage.

  • Hirst works 'inspired by others'
    3 Sep 2010 at 6:10am
    A group that campaigns against conceptual art claims 15 works by the artist Damien Hirst were inspired by other artists.

  • Autobiographies of the rich and famous
    3 Sep 2010 at 6:12am
    Tony Blair's memoirs has become the fastest selling autobiography in Britain. But what are the biggest overall sellers?

  • Propping up a prime minister
    2 Sep 2010 at 4:57am
    Tony Blair used alcohol as a 'prop' during his time in power but how many of us do the same?

  • Been and Gone
    1 Sep 2010 at 6:36am
    Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser reported - people of the past month.

  • What does the future hold for television?
    3 Sep 2010 at 8:19am
    Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs.

  • Panda twins delight Japanese zoo
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:47am
    New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama.

  • Sharks swarm off Australian coast
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:07am
    Hundreds of sharks have been spotted off the Queensland coast.

  • Bath tub sailor - it's Odd Box
    2 Sep 2010 at 12:57pm
    A man sailing the sea in a bath tub, mud sculptures and an ugly fish who finds love - it's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

  • Probably the world's oldest beer
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:37am
    A team of divers say they have found the world's oldest drinkable beer in a shipwreck off the coast of Finland.

  • On board UK's newest attack sub
    3 Sep 2010 at 12:31am
    Commander Andy Coles shows BBC News around the control room of the Royal Navy's new attack submarine and talks about life on board.

  • Florence Cameron's Downing St debut
    3 Sep 2010 at 4:29am
    David and Samantha Cameron have introduced their new daughter, Florence, on the steps of 10 Downing Street.

  • 'I was nearly six foot at 11 years old'
    3 Sep 2010 at 3:48am
    President Barack Obama's daughter, Malia, is now 12 years old and 5ft 9in (1.75m). But what's it like to be a young girl who's taller than the rest?

  • Now you see it, now you don't
    2 Sep 2010 at 9:45pm
    A glimpse on board the UK's new stealth submarine

  • Midnight feast
    2 Sep 2010 at 6:42pm
    Why bed-bug infestations are on the rise again

  • Massive Mini
    3 Sep 2010 at 6:28am
    How far can BMW stretch the brand before it snaps?

  • 7 days quiz
    2 Sep 2010 at 11:17am
    How much is a bottle of beer under new price laws on booze?

  • Troubled waters
    3 Sep 2010 at 1:41am
    Why aren't black American children taught to swim?

  • Speaking the lingo
    3 Sep 2010 at 12:13am
    Does the NHS do enough for non-English speakers?
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