Murder probe after woman found dead

29 June 2013 Last updated at 17:42 ET A murder investigation has been launched after a woman was found dead at her home in Greater Manchester. Police were called to a house in Westbourne Road, Winton, Salford, at about 18:00 BST after reports that...

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Stones triumph in Glastonbury debut

29 June 2013 Last updated at 19:51 ET By Mark Savage BBC News entertainment reporter, at Glastonbury Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Lizo Mzimba reports from Glastonbury on the Stones' historic...

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Summit to discuss payday loans

30 June 2013 Last updated at 00:20 ET "Deep-rooted" problems in the loans business will be the subject of a summit involving payday lenders, regulators, charities and ministers. The industry, worth £2bn, was referred to the Competition Commission...

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David Cameron meets new Pakistan PM

30 June 2013 Last updated at 03:24 ET David Cameron is holding talks with Pakistan's newly elected prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The British prime minister is on a two-day official visit to Pakistan, where Mr Sharif was recently re-elected for...

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Phone charges claim on independence

30 June 2013 Last updated at 04:24 ET The UK government is to claim that Scottish independence would leave mobile phone users facing higher bills. In its latest paper on the 2014 referendum, it raises the possibility of Scottish callers facing...

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UK government backs three-person IVF

27 June 2013 Last updated at 19:33 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News The UK looks set to become the first country to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people, after the government backed the IVF technique....

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Cold spring 'blasted' winged insects

28 June 2013 Last updated at 02:24 Winged insects including bees, moths and butterflies are suffering this year following the UK's late, cold spring, a National Trust report has revealed. The charity warns the drop in numbers of winged insects...

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Energy blackout proposal dismissed

27 June 2013 Last updated at 23:24 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Michael Fallon: "I can assure you, the lights are not going to go out" The government has dismissed a proposal that big shops...

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UK house prices 'gather momentum'

28 June 2013 Last updated at 02:01 ET UK house prices rose again in June, increasing by 0.3%, according to the Nationwide building society. The Nationwide said the rise was helped by the government's Funding for Lending Scheme, designed to...

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Muslim leaders to condemn grooming

28 June 2013 Last updated at 03:50 ET The sexual grooming of children is expected to be condemned by Muslim leaders across the UK later in a sermon to be read to thousands of worshippers. Imams at about 500 mosques are expected to read the...

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Queen's income to rise by 5% in 2014

26 June 2013 Last updated at 19:17 ET The Queen will receive a 5% rise in her income after the Crown Estate, from which she is paid, reported an increase in its profits. The Sovereign Grant, which funds the Queen's spending as Head of State,...

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Payday loans in competition inquiry

27 June 2013 Last updated at 02:38 ET The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the payday lending industry to the Competition Commission because of concerns about "deep-rooted problems with the way competition works". The OFT said it found...

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'Far more' UK shale gas resources

27 June 2013 Last updated at 03:06 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Critics have concerns about the environmental impact of fracking UK shale gas resources may be far greater than previously thought,...

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Energy and roads get share of £100bn

27 June 2013 Last updated at 03:22 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Osborne: "We've got a long-term plan now as a country to up our national game" George Osborne has said the UK needs to spend more...

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Doreen Lawrence meets Theresa May

27 June 2013 Last updated at 04:25 ET The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has met the home secretary to discuss claims an undercover police officer was asked to smear her family. Theresa May has said two existing inquiries will...

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US-UK intelligence-sharing 'vital'

26 June 2013 Last updated at 00:14 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. William Hague: "Intelligence work takes place within a strong legal framework" Britain and the US should have "nothing but pride"...

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Direct Line set to cut 2,000 UK jobs

26 June 2013 Last updated at 03:19 ET Direct Line Insurance has said that it is planning to cut 2,000 UK jobs as it steps up plans to reduce costs. The firm announced in August 2012 plans to reduce gross annual costs by £100m a year, but now...

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UK legal high market is EU's largest

26 June 2013 Last updated at 04:07 ET By Bethany Bell BBC News The UK has the largest market for so-called "legal highs" in the European Union, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). A total of 670,000 Britons aged...

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Osborne to outline £11.5bn of cuts

26 June 2013 Last updated at 04:11 ET George Osborne is preparing to wield the axe in a fresh round of spending cuts that will set the tone for the next general election. The chancellor is to unveil £11.5bn of cuts for a single financial year...

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Street evacuation 'false alarm'

26 June 2013 Last updated at 04:25 ET Police have said the evacuation of 50 people from a Derbyshire town because of fears of a bomb is "expected to be a false alarm". An Army bomb disposal team was called to Broadleys, near Victoria Street,...

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Ex-Time Team expert Mick Aston dies

24 June 2013 Last updated at 20:17 ET Mick Aston, a former resident academic on Channel 4's Time Team, has died at the age of 66. He appeared on the show, which sees experts carry out archaeological digs, from its inception in 1994 until 2011....

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Play 'pushed aside' in nurseries

24 June 2013 Last updated at 22:53 ET By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter The role of play is being sidelined in England's nurseries because of government shifts towards more formal learning, experts say. Nursery teachers and...

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Killer Ian Brady to address tribunal

25 June 2013 Last updated at 00:08 ET Moors Murderer Ian Brady is expected to speak publicly later, as a tribunal over his mental health draws to an end. It would be the first time he has spoken publicly for nearly 50 years. The 75-year-old...

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Women offered NHS breast cancer drug

25 June 2013 Last updated at 03:03 ET By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Thousands of women across Britain with a family history of breast cancer are to be offered drugs on the NHS to help prevent the disease. The National...

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Inquiry 'needed into police ethics'

25 June 2013 Last updated at 04:30 ET A Leveson-style inquiry is needed to investigate the ethics of the police, according to a lawyer who represented the family of Stephen Lawrence. The home secretary has said claims that police tried to smear...

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