Oxford look to make amends for 2012

The Boat Race Date: Sunday, 31 March Start time: 16:30 BST Coverage: BBC One, BBC Sport website and mobiles 1515-1715 BST; BBC Radio 5 live 1600-1730; live text commentary online Oxford will not gain extra motivation from the circumstances of...

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Scots police merger 'sets example'

30 March 2013 Last updated at 20:03 ET By James Cook Scotland Correspondent, BBC News The chief constable of Scotland's new national police service has suggested that the merger of forces could be emulated in England and Wales. Steve House...

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Mitchell complains to IPCC over Met

30 March 2013 Last updated at 20:07 ET Ex-cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell has launched a stinging attack on Scotland Yard over its inquiry into the 'plebgate' row. In a letter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, he claims the...

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Man dies after west Belfast shooting

31 March 2013 Last updated at 00:56 ET Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man in his twenties was shot dead in west Belfast. He was attacked near shops on Kennedy Way just after 23:00 GMT on Saturday and died shortly afterwards in hospital....

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Welfare cuts unjust, say churches

31 March 2013 Last updated at 05:34 ET Four churches have joined forces to accuse the government of welfare payment cuts they say are unjust and target society's most vulnerable. The Easter criticism has come from the Baptist Union of Great...

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Cash shortage stretches to sea bed

29 March 2013 Last updated at 20:00 ET By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst The government has admitted moving slowly to protect wildlife in the seas because of the cost. Environment Minister Richard Benyon said that in the current financial...

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Teachers stage ‘no confidence’ votes

29 March 2013 Last updated at 20:41 ET A motion of no-confidence in Education Secretary Michael Gove is to be debated by members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) later. Members of the NUT and the NASUWT are holding their annual conferences...

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Call for higher tax on second homes

29 March 2013 Last updated at 22:40 ET The tax system should put countryside second homes beyond the reach of more people, according to the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. Ex-poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion said "townies in the...

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PM marginalising Christians - Carey

29 March 2013 Last updated at 23:15 ET The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has accused David Cameron of making Christians feel marginalised. He said it was a "bit rich" for the prime minister to tell religious leaders to oppose...

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Post Office staff go on strike

30 March 2013 Last updated at 03:21 ET About 2,000 staff at Post Office Crown offices have gone on strike in a row over jobs, pay and closures. Members of the Communication Workers Union have walked out at 370 sites in a dispute over proposals...

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Man, 82, held over sexual offences

28 March 2013 Last updated at 20:38 ET An 82-year-old man from Berkshire has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences as part of a probe related to the Jimmy Savile inquiry, the Metropolitan Police have said. The man, who has not been named...

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Mitchell to sue Sun over 'plebgate'

29 March 2013 Last updated at 00:11 ET Ex-cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell has said he is suing the Sun over claims he swore and called police officers plebs. Mr Mitchell has repeatedly denied the claims, first reported in the Sun, but he later...

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Met Office advice was 'not helpful'

29 March 2013 Last updated at 03:14 ET By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst The Met Office has admitted issuing advice to government that was "not helpful" during last year's remarkable switch in weather patterns. Between March and April...

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Young girl found abandoned in pram

29 March 2013 Last updated at 03:51 ET A young girl, thought to be aged about three, has been found abandoned in a pram in Cumbria. The child was found at about 11:00 GMT on Thursday after officers were called to a disturbance in Warwick Road in...

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Hospital stops child heart surgery

29 March 2013 Last updated at 04:30 ET Children's congenital heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary has been suspended as a review is carried out. There are concerns about the number of deaths at the hospital, which is at the centre of a...

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Oil firms invest £330m in North Sea

27 March 2013 Last updated at 20:31 ET A consortium of oil companies is to invest more than $500m (£330m) in an appraisal drilling programme which could lead to further development of a giant North Sea field. The BP-led consortium said drilling...

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IPCC report on Bettison claims due

27 March 2013 Last updated at 22:10 ET A report into alleged misconduct by former West Yorkshire Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison is due later. The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been investigating allegations he gave misleading...

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Boris Berezovsky inquest due to open

27 March 2013 Last updated at 22:39 ET An inquest into the death of exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky is due to open later. Mr Berezovsky, 67, was found dead on Saturday on a bathroom floor at his home in Ascot, Berkshire. A post-mortem...

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Poorest 'face council tax rise'

28 March 2013 Last updated at 02:00 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Elliot Lowe, carer: "We're going to have to start reducing our food bill" More than two million of the poorest households in...

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Two in hospital after gas explosion

28 March 2013 Last updated at 04:30 ET Two pensioners have been taken to hospital following a gas explosion at a house in Callander. Emergency services were called to Murdiston Avenue just before 06:00. The house has been completely demolished....

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Snow and ice bring travel disruption

27 March 2013 Last updated at 02:59 ET Travel has been disrupted as further snow hit many parts of Scotland. Police have warned that many road surfaces remain icy. In addition to high-level routes, difficult conditions have been reported on...

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Banks to be told to raise capital

27 March 2013 Last updated at 03:57 ET The Bank of England (BoE) is expected to tell the UK's banks they must raise billions more in capital to absorb potential losses. The BoE's Financial Policy Committee (FPC), which began work last year,...

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David Miliband confirms departure

27 March 2013 Last updated at 04:10 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Newsnight's Allegra Stratton looks back at David Miliband's political career. David Miliband has confirmed he is to leave Parliament...

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Abu Qatada deportation decision due

27 March 2013 Last updated at 04:17 ET Home Secretary Theresa May is due to learn whether she has won an appeal to overturn a decision to allow radical cleric Abu Qatada to stay in the UK. Mrs May took the case to the Court of Appeal after...

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Energy policies 'reduce bill rises'

27 March 2013 Last updated at 04:22 ET Energy policies will cushion consumers from price rises, but only after contributing to a rise in average household bills, a report has said. By 2020, bills will be 11% - or £166 - lower than they would...

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Boris Berezovsky 'died by hanging'

25 March 2013 Last updated at 19:18 ET A post-mortem examination has found Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky's death was "consistent with hanging", police have said. Mr Berezovsky, 67, was found dead by an employee on Saturday on a bathroom floor...

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Nurses to first train in basic care

25 March 2013 Last updated at 21:23 ET By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News Nurses will have to spend time as healthcare assistants as part of a measures to be unveiled by ministers in response to the Stafford hospital inquiry. More...

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Work to reconnect homes continues

26 March 2013 Last updated at 02:51 ET Thousands of people have spent a fourth night without power as engineers work "flat out" to restore supplies cut as a result of Friday's storm. Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) said 3,300 customers in...

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