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9th September, 2010 at 09:55 AM:
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Rig firms hit back at BP report
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 06:24 AM:
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Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA
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Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.
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9th September, 2010 at 07:05 AM:
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Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 08:44 AM:
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Capello eyes life as a pensioner
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Fabio Capello is looking forward to his retirement as the Italian confirms he will stand down as England coach after Euro 2012.
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9th September, 2010 at 09:01 AM:
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Shoppers turning to card payments
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The number of cash machines in the UK has fallen and withdrawals have dropped as shoppers turn to cards, figures show.
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9th September, 2010 at 10:01 AM:
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Mexico crime 'like an insurgency'
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.
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9th September, 2010 at 06:37 AM:
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Obama defiant on tax cut stance
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President Obama urges Congress to approve billions in tax breaks and spending to boost the US economy ahead of November's elections.
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9th September, 2010 at 08:15 AM:
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Taliban chief says victory close
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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".
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9th September, 2010 at 09:39 AM:
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Nutrient clue to common birth defect
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Scientists begin a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent a common birth defect.
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9th September, 2010 at 08:06 AM:
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Cameron's father dies in hospital
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David Cameron's father Ian dies in hospital in France shortly after the Prime Minister joined other members of his family at his bedside.
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9th September, 2010 at 09:00 AM:
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Child detention 'harm' documented
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A medical charity says it has documented for the first time the effects of immigration detention on children facing removal from the UK.
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9th September, 2010 at 08:48 AM:
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Piers Morgan to replace CNN host Larry King
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 09:40 AM:
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Could music be given on prescription?
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Patients could be prescribed music tailored to their needs as a result of new university research.
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9th September, 2010 at 06:07 AM:
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Houllier named Aston Villa boss
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Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is named the new manager of Aston Villa.
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9th September, 2010 at 03:12 AM:
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Higgins cleared of fixing claims
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 03:15 AM:
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Ferrari escape further punishment
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Ferrari have avoided further punishment for using banned team orders, a Formula 1 disciplinary hearing in Paris has ruled.
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9th September, 2010 at 02:57 AM:
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Live text - US Open day 10
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Caroline Wozniacki, Dominika Cibulkova, Robin Soderling and Roger Federer are going for semi-final spots at the US Open.
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9th September, 2010 at 06:13 AM:
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Ashes warm-up in SA for Pietersen
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 09:05 AM:
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Planes in 'near-miss' over London
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A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in July, a report reveals.
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9th September, 2010 at 09:25 AM:
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Shot boy's family still suffering
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Police use the anniversary of the killing of Manchester schoolboy Jessie James to once again appeal for help to catch his killer.
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9th September, 2010 at 09:36 AM:
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Boundary move 'gives Tories hope'
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Boundary changes for the next Scottish Parliament elections suggest a possible boost to the Conservatives, according to experts.
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9th September, 2010 at 03:23 AM:
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'No guarantees' over Moray bases
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The Scottish Secretary says he can give "no guarantees" about the future of two Scottish RAF bases.
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8th September, 2010 at 10:26 PM:
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MP met Claudy bomb suspect priest
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The priest suspected of being involved in the 1972 Claudy bombing met Martin McGuinness shortly before he died, the deputy first minister confirms.
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9th September, 2010 at 07:29 AM:
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Cuts 'must be resisted' says SF
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Sinn Fein says cuts "proposed or imposed by the British goverment must be challenged and resisted", following Peter Robinson's call for savings.
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9th September, 2010 at 02:38 AM:
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New-style device killed soldier
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 12:37 AM:
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Metal plant to be decommissioned
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Metal plant owners Anglesey Aluminium confirm production will not restart at their Holyhead factory which was mothballed 12 months ago.
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9th September, 2010 at 01:03 AM:
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UN seeks to placate Rwanda leader
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 01:51 AM:
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Nigeria replaces security leaders
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military and police chiefs ahead of planned January presidential election.
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8th September, 2010 at 07:32 PM:
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Clan 'behind Philippine massacre'
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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.
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8th September, 2010 at 09:37 PM:
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Two missing in China rig accident
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 06:51 AM:
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Merkel defends Danish cartoonist
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage in 2006.
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9th September, 2010 at 12:56 AM:
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Dublin to break up Anglo Irish
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The Irish government says it will break up the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank as part of the failed lender's resolution.
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8th September, 2010 at 04:54 PM:
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Gunmen hit Honduras shoe factory
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Men armed with automatic weapons burst into a shoe factory in northern Honduras, killing 18 people in a suspected gang attack.
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8th September, 2010 at 07:59 PM:
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Castro criticises Iranian leader
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Cuba's Fidel Castro criticises Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes.
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9th September, 2010 at 03:48 AM:
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Second Iraqi TV presenter killed
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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.
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7th September, 2010 at 08:38 PM:
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Iran stands firm on stoning case
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Foreign powers should stop interfering in the case of an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning, Iran's foreign ministry says.
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8th September, 2010 at 08:59 PM:
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Vodafone to pay India $2.6bn tax
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An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom's Indian phone assets.
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9th September, 2010 at 12:22 AM:
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Man in court over India Pune bomb
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 10:39 AM:
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Koran bonfire 'still going ahead'
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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.
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8th September, 2010 at 07:02 PM:
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Australia, NZ top 'giving' index
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Australia and New Zealand top the table in the largest ever study into global charitable behaviour, but some poor countries also scoring high.
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9th September, 2010 at 06:57 AM:
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US economic growth 'decelerating'
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US economic growth showed "widespread signs of deceleration" in August, says the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.
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9th September, 2010 at 02:18 AM:
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House giant enters administration
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Property giant Connaught formally enters administration, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
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8th September, 2010 at 10:45 PM:
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Writing off tax is 'unaffordable'
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The country "cannot afford" to write off underpayments of income tax caused by problems with the calculation system, a minister says.
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9th September, 2010 at 01:58 AM:
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MPs to probe Cameron-Clegg deal
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MPs are to examine how the coalition was formed after the election and issues arising from the negotiations between the two parties.
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9th September, 2010 at 04:26 AM:
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Hague: Axing embassies 'unlikely'
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Closing dozens of small embassies to save money would be a "false economy" as they do not cost much, says William Hague.
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9th September, 2010 at 06:37 AM:
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Labour MPs to pick shadow cabinet
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Labour MPs have rejected a move to allow the new party leader to choose who serves in the shadow cabinet.
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9th September, 2010 at 01:52 AM:
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Outbreak probe at industry sites
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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.
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8th September, 2010 at 09:37 AM:
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More obesity ops 'will save cash'
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Millions of pounds are lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says.
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8th September, 2010 at 11:16 PM:
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Inquiry to hear from HIV victims
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The injury into contaminated NHS blood products in the 1980s will hear from the victims who contracted HIV and Hepatitis.
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8th September, 2010 at 10:56 AM:
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Two-tier university warning given
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Vice-chancellors warn that the traditional university experience could become the preserve of an elite.
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9th September, 2010 at 01:10 AM:
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'Racism missed' at attack school
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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.
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8th September, 2010 at 07:35 PM:
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Cambridge tops university table
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Cambridge University has come top of an international university rankings table, knocking Harvard of the top spot for the first time since 2004.
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9th September, 2010 at 07:09 AM:
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Google unveils 'instant' searches
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Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product, Google Instant, that displays results as soon as users type in queries.
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9th September, 2010 at 02:33 AM:
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One in four gives fake net names
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A survey shows a majority of web users have suffered cybercrime, but many respondents were themselves less than honest.
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9th September, 2010 at 02:00 AM:
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European police in pirate raids
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Premises across Europe, including a Swedish university, have been raided by police in a piracy crackdown
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9th September, 2010 at 12:04 AM:
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Cable's plan to cut science funds
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Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled plans for a squeeze on public funding for scientific research.
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9th September, 2010 at 03:50 AM:
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Dino clue to 'earliest feathers'
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Palaeontologists uncover a new dinosaur with what may be the earliest evidence of feathers.
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8th September, 2010 at 09:06 AM:
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Secrets of good dancing uncovered
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Scientists carry out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women.
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9th September, 2010 at 12:19 AM:
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'No decisions' over World Service
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No decisions have been taken about possible funding cuts to the BBC World Service, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
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8th September, 2010 at 12:58 PM:
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The xx step into the spotlight
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The xx express surprise at their Mercury Prize win and singer-songwiter Conor J O'Brien gives the stand-out performance of the ceremony.
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8th September, 2010 at 07:45 PM:
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UK moviegoers Exorcised by horror
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Horror movie The Last Exorcism debuts at the top of the UK and Ireland box office, taking £1.1m in its opening weekend.
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8th September, 2010 at 09:33 AM:
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Beware the 'don't know' brigade
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In his regular column, Michael Blastland looks at why the people ignored by surveys could be those with the strongest opinions.
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7th September, 2010 at 02:00 PM:
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The blackmarket in cutting agents
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Street cocaine has long been diluted, but now the cutting agents themselves have spawned a black market.
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6th September, 2010 at 09:35 PM:
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The 60s, but not as we know it
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US drama Mad Men has won praise for its recreation of the 1960s, but it's not a classic depiction of the decade.
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8th September, 2010 at 09:39 PM:
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PMQs: Clegg faces questions on phone hacking
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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.
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9th September, 2010 at 01:59 AM:
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The science of manly dance moves
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Scientists say they have carried out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women.
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8th September, 2010 at 10:47 PM:
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How BP will kill the oil spill
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A scale model of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how it is being repaired
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8th September, 2010 at 12:38 PM:
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Behind the scenes of new Strictly
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As preparations are made for the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing, Radio 1 Newsbeat's Natalie Jamieson has a look behind the scenes.
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8th September, 2010 at 11:25 PM:
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Pope 'looking forward' to UK visit
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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.
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8th September, 2010 at 10:07 PM:
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Jolie praise for Pakistan military
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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.
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8th September, 2010 at 12:13 PM:
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Trapped miners watch football match
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The miners trapped underground in Chile were able to watch a football match after rescue workers provided a mini TV screen.
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9th September, 2010 at 03:46 AM:
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Pressure mounts against Koran burning
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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.
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8th September, 2010 at 05:55 AM:
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Mock earthquake test for rescuers
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Rescue workers from seven countries gather for a two-day disaster exercise in Portsmouth to test how they would react to an earthquake.
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9th September, 2010 at 09:28 AM:
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Low pay and squalor
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The plight of Commonwealth Games workers in Delhi
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9th September, 2010 at 09:11 AM:
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Off the dial
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What happened to Mercury, as in Mercury music prize?
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8th September, 2010 at 07:52 PM:
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Papal tours
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The UK visits of Benedict XVI and John Paul II compared
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8th September, 2010 at 07:34 PM:
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All for one
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Did the Blitz really make British people tougher?
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8th September, 2010 at 10:35 PM:
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World of difference
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Is it bad taste to have a 'shortest man' record?
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8th September, 2010 at 08:41 PM:
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Outreach outrage?
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The US church threatening to burn Korans on 9/11
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8th September, 2010 at 07:07 PM:
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'The Russians are here'
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How John le Carre's old foe is back on British soil
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