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Updated: 4 hours 37 min ago

Care home owner 'not a killer'

4 hours 44 min ago
A care home boss from Somerset accused of killing two residents has denied she was a "drug-crazed killer", a court hears.

Tram project 'could be delayed'

4 hours 49 min ago
The contractors working on Edinburgh's tram line say they want to delay the project for a further 30 months.

Stephanomics

5 hours 1 min ago
Activist PM is no fan of 'letting things take their course'

Pompey axe 85 jobs to cut costs

5 hours 8 min ago
Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs.

Parents complain that buggies are seen as a nuisance

5 hours 20 min ago
Parents with buggies who take up wheelchair spaces on buses face a crackdown in a government campaign to improve passengers' experiences.

Body identified as York teenager

5 hours 20 min ago
A body recovered from the River Foss in York is that of missing city teenager Jonathan Havron, North Yorkshire Police confirm.

Spotlight on

5 hours 24 min ago
A big night for Manchester Utd on and off the pitch

Keep 'distance' from US - Clegg

5 hours 31 min ago
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says the UK must not automatically follow the US on key foreign policy issues.

Labour edge ahead on education

5 hours 35 min ago
A BBC Newsnight poll suggests that the Conservatives are failing to win over voters unsatisfied with Labour's record on education.

Apology for women raped by father

5 hours 42 min ago
Two women raped by their father over 25 years - bearing nine of his children - are given a public apology by the authorities.

Just what caused 75 starlings to 'fall from the sky'?

5 hours 53 min ago
Mystery surrounds the deaths of 75 starlings which fell from the sky on to the driveway of a Somerset house.

Body found in missing mother hunt

6 hours 21 min ago
Police searching for a Dundee mother who went missing two weeks ago say they have found a body.

Trio remanded over attack charges

6 hours 33 min ago
Three men are charged with UVF membership and being involved in a pipe bomb attack on a house in Larne seven years ago.

Pakistan kidnap father returns to UK

6 hours 34 min ago
The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan returns to the UK against the wishes of the country's police, the BBC learns.

Medical records lost after error

6 hours 43 min ago
A case of mistaken identity reveals serious concerns over the way the NHS transfers medical records, BBC Scotland can reveal.

150 Toyota jobs to go on Deeside

6 hours 45 min ago
Around 150 jobs will go at the Toyota plant on Deeside, Flintshire, as part of 750 posts going across the UK.

7/7 survivors will get legal aid

6 hours 52 min ago
Legal aid will be given to survivors of the July 7 London bombings for representation at the inquests of the victims.

Beckham plots Old Trafford upset

6 hours 54 min ago
David Beckham believes his AC Milan side can overturn a 3-2 deficit and send his former club Manchester United crashing out of the Champions League.

More schools fail Ofsted checks

7 hours 2 min ago
More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released.

Spy story

7 hours 33 min ago
The untrue murder accusation that enraged an oligarch