BBC ‘News’

China mine explosion 'kills 15' At least 15 people die at a mine in northern China, as a suspected explosives store blows up.
'Big bad wolves' The challenges facing Scotland's Housing Expo
Wikileaks denies 'blood on hands' The founder of Wikileaks rejects US claims he has blood on his hands after releasing leaked document...
Interns are 'entitled to be paid' Many young people working free as interns may legally be entitled to pay, a report says.
Interns are 'entitled to be paid' Many young people working free as interns may legally be entitled to pay, a report says.
Tax credit overpayments 'to soar' Many more people will face having to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because ...
Tax credit overpayments 'to soar' Many more people will face having to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because ...
Cleared Coghlan has 'no regrets' A businessman who was cleared of murdering a friend in his Cheshire mansion says he does not regret ...
Gaza children 'break' kite flying record Thousands of children in Gaza appear to have broken their own world record for the number of kites f...
Malaysia TV's 'imam idol' crowned A 26-year-old religious scholar wins Malaysian TV talent search for the best young imam, or Muslim l...
Further Chile quakes 'possible' Land in the north of Chile is "ready" for another major earthquake, say researchers, adding that aut...
Teenager's care move 'deplorable' A High Court judge criticises a council for taking a severely disabled teenager away from his foster...
Boris welcomes bike 'smackeroonies' London Mayor Boris Johnson sells the benefits of the London bike hire scheme to the world media.
Boris welcomes bike 'smackeroonies' London Mayor Boris Johnson sells the benefits of the London bike hire scheme to the world media.
Charges after 'naked roof fall' Two people are charged with breach of the peace after a naked woman fell through the roof of a build...
'Sniff code' device controls wheelchair Scientists develop a device that allows people with severe disabilities to control a wheelchair and ...
Son stabbed 'best pal' to death A man stabbed his mother to death just days before claiming she had been his "greatest pal", a court...
Benefits face 'radical' shake-up Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Du...
Benefits face 'radical' shake-up Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Du...
RAF Tornados 'could be grounded' The MoD is considering grounding Tornado GR4s, many based in Moray, according to leaked documents.
Residents 'prisoners' at Twelfth North Belfast residents were "kept prisoners" for decades during Twelfth of July street violence, a ...
Cuts 'will hit' council services The Department of the Environment is to cut its contribution to 18 council budgets.
MoD 'to pay for Trident renewal' The MoD is facing further pressure on its budget after the chancellor says it will have to pay for n...
Home expo schedule 'was hampered' The credit crunch and hard winter are blamed for delaying the schedule of Scotland's Housing Expo.
Vases 'transform' couples' retirement A retired couple say they are "delighted" after a pair of Chinese vases they were given as a wedding...
'Dirty protest' hits jail staff The Northern Ireland Prison Service says it has had to issue staff with protective clothing after ur...
'Short-changed' Relatives' anger lingers over Potters Bar crash
Four fined over SA 'racist video' Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (£1,700) each after making a video humiliating black uni...
Calcium pill value 'pretty poor' Professor John Cleland, cardiologist at Hull University, explains research that suggests calcium sup...
Newry 'gets triple bypass' Journey times on the road between Belfast and Dublin have got a lot quicker with the opening of a ne...
Swinney slams UK 'mismanagement' The Scottish finance secretary blames the "mismanagement" of Westminster for the "acute financial ch...
'I survived deadly bear attack' A Canadian woman has said she played dead in order to escape from a bear during an attack in Montana...
Coalition deal 'untruths' claim Labour's Ed Miliband claims the coalition government was "built on a series of untruths" after revel...
Lockerbie inquiry 'may visit UK' Chair of a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release, Senator Robert Menendez, has sai...
IDS: Welfare system 'close to breaking' Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says welfare reform will be "humanizing" rather than "...
Fuel protests: 'Three days from anarchy' Tom Feilden investigates whether the lessons on food security from the fuel protests 10 years ago ha...
Addiction drugs 'aid weight loss' A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US research...
Lockerbie inquiry 'may visit UK' The US senator who will chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release says he may ...
Calcium pills 'raise' heart risk Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, res...
Corey does Kerrang! - he's 'desperate' Slipknot's Corey Taylor says he has hope for the rock scene, based on the large number of new bands ...
'Nuisance' neighbour's home ban A 'nuisance' neighbour becomes the first tenant in Merthyr Tydfil to be legally banned from her home...
'Miracle' drug Father finds sick daughter's cure on internet
Child heart op ban 'should stay' Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babi...
Vicar 'mystery' Why did a clergyman conduct 360 sham marriages?
Doctor's fears over man's release A court hears a psychiatrist did not want to release a man from hospital three days before he stabbe...
'Ancient survivor' Experts find new colonies of prehistoric shrimp
'Mocking' toddler killers jailed A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, a...
'Racial prejudice' claim rejected An inquiry into claims of 'racial prejudice' at a Cardiff UK Border Agency office finds all but one ...
California in 'fiscal emergency' California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal state of emergency, putting pressure on ...
Pakistanis 'very hurt' by PM's comments Pakistan's high commissioner to the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, says that remarks made by David Cameron...