Category: news

Continuing tension between MPs and expenses body

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy renew calls for a global bank tax.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne is recovering in hospital after a car crash on Newcastle’s Quayside.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

A regional security grouping plans emergency measures to stop ethnic violence in south Kyrgyzstan that has left 124 dead.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

A search is under way for a suspected stowaway seen jumping from a ship in Portsmouth Harbour.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

A police survey suggests large numbers of ex-military personnel could be involved in crime and particularly violent offending.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

BP shares fall more than 9% as its directors discuss whether to suspend dividends to shareholders.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

The Saville Report into 13 deaths at a NI civil rights march in 1972 will be given to the government ahead of publication on Tuesday.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Employees of Quinn Insurance are told there will be no compulsory redundancies as part of the company’s streamlining.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Supermarket group Asda apologises after mistakenly offering a £75 discount to shoppers using its website.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

How oil has spread across the Gulf of Mexico

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

More than 400 MPs did not receive their full pay last month due to a technical error, the BBC learns.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

US President Obama asks supporters to back a campaign for clean energy, as he visits areas affected by the BP oil spill.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

One Laptop per Child redesigns its low-cost PC, designed for primary school pupils in the developing world, for use by older children.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

A helicopter team retrieves a canister believed to hold the first-ever samples grabbed from the surface of an asteroid.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.