Warning on 'too many' A&E admissions

30 October 2013 Last updated at 20:02 ET By Adam Brimelow Health Correspondent, BBC News There are too many emergency admissions to hospitals in England, according to the government spending watchdog. The National Audit Office says there were...

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Universities face strike disruption

30 October 2013 Last updated at 20:01 ET Universities across the UK face disruption from a one-day walkout by lecturers and support staff who say their pay has failed to keep up with rising living costs. The University and College Union says...

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Energy market review detail expected

31 October 2013 Last updated at 01:08 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Ben Wright reports: "The big issue lurking in the background is the question of green levies" Energy Secretary Ed Davey is...

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MPs voting on cash to start HS2

31 October 2013 Last updated at 01:11 ET MPs will vote later on whether to let the government start spending money on preparations for the HS2 rail project. Money released by the vote would pay for surveys, buying property and compensating...

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Tough new train punctuality targets

31 October 2013 Last updated at 04:30 ET Network Rail has been set tough new punctuality targets for the next five years by rail regulators. In its final draft of 2014-2019 rail funding, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) confirmed 90% of...

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Youth unemployment 'crisis' warning

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Sean Pearson was unemployed for six years before getting on a training course Thousands of young people are in danger of being trapped in a lifetime of unemployment, a charity...

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Actor Nigel Davenport dies at 85

30 October 2013 Last updated at 03:32 ET The actor Nigel Davenport has died at the age of 85. During a career spanning more than 40 years, he appeared in films such as A Man for all Seasons and Chariots of Fire, and the TV series Howards' Way....

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Press in legal bid to stop charter

30 October 2013 Last updated at 03:38 ET Newspaper and magazine publishers are seeking a last-minute injunction to stop the proposed royal charter on press regulation being approved later. They will argue at the High Court that the Privy Council...

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Tesco faces Sainsbury's court bid

30 October 2013 Last updated at 04:11 ET A battle between rival supermarkets Tesco and Sainsbury's over price comparison promotions may go to court. Sainsbury's is requesting a judicial review after the Advertising Standards Authority rejected...

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Pension fees cap plan unveiled

30 October 2013 Last updated at 04:23 ET Management fees charged by pension providers could be capped between 0.75% and 1%, according to proposals being set out by the government. The Treasury is consulting on its plans to cap fees, which it...

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Call for political consensus on HS2

28 October 2013 Last updated at 20:05 ET The high speed rail link HS2 needs broad political consensus or it will end in nothing, says Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin. In a speech, Mr McLoughlin will accuse Labour of "playing politics...

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Energy chiefs under fire on prices

29 October 2013 Last updated at 03:12 ET Top executives from the UK's six largest energy companies are expected to face serious criticism when they come before a group of MPs. The bosses have been called in front of the Energy and Climate Change...

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Lloyds sees PPI bill raised by £750m

29 October 2013 Last updated at 03:56 ET Lloyds Bank says it will set aside another £750m for compensation for mis-sold personal protection insurance (PPI), taking the total to £8bn. UK banks have reserved £16bn to compensate customers sold unnecessary...

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Accused former BBC driver found dead

29 October 2013 Last updated at 04:27 ET A former BBC driver accused of sex offences has been found dead. David Smith, 67, from Lewisham, south-east London, had been due to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court for allegedly abusing a boy, 12,...

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Many still without power after storm

29 October 2013 Last updated at 04:29 ET Some 61,000 homes are still without power after a storm battered Britain. Engineers restored supplies to 100,000 homes overnight after heavy rainfall and winds of more than 70mph (112 km/h) hit parts...

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Universal Credit scheme rolls out

27 October 2013 Last updated at 21:04 ET By Mike Sergeant Local government correspondent, BBC News The government's flagship welfare reform - Universal Credit - is starting the next phase of its national launch but far more slowly than intended....

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NHS complaints review set to report

27 October 2013 Last updated at 20:08 ET A government-backed review into how the NHS in England handles complaints is set to publish its conclusions later. It was led by Labour MP Ann Clwyd, who broke down in a BBC interview last December while...

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Staff at G4S SA prison accused

27 October 2013 Last updated at 23:19 ET Staff at one of South Africa's most dangerous prisons, run by British firm G4S, have been accused of "shocking" abuses and of losing control. The South African government has temporarily taken over the...

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'Years of disruption' if no HS2

28 October 2013 Last updated at 04:34 ET A government-commissioned report says the alternative to a new HS2 high speed rail link would see 14 years of weekend route closures and longer journeys. The report, by Network Rail and Atkins, says...

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Homes and power hit as storm peaks

28 October 2013 Last updated at 04:29 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. People in parts of the UK are waking up to travel chaos, as Jon Ironmonger reports Around 140,000 homes are without power as...

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UK braced for worst storm in years

27 October 2013 Last updated at 01:46 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Autumn storm approaches UK Millions of people in England and Wales have been warned to prepare for heavy rain and hurricane-force...

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Ex-police chiefs clash over security

26 October 2013 Last updated at 19:04 ET Two former senior police officers have clashed over the national security implications of Scotland becoming independent. Labour MSP Graeme Pearson, a former director of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement...

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TV licence fee may be cut - Shapps

26 October 2013 Last updated at 19:47 ET The BBC could face a cut in the TV licence fee or have to share it with other broadcasters unless it rebuilds public trust, a Tory minister has said. Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps told the...

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Ex-forces chief in Army cuts warning

26 October 2013 Last updated at 22:38 ET Cuts in front-line troops should be put on hold until more reservists are recruited, a former head of Britain's armed forces has said. Field Marshal Lord Bramall told the Sunday Telegraph there was a...

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Greenpeace man fears 'losing years'

27 October 2013 Last updated at 03:50 ET A British journalist detained in Russia after a Greenpeace protest has said he fears "losing years of his life" being kept away from his family and friends. Video journalist Kieron Bryan, 29, from London,...

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Sex charges for ex-Savile driver

25 October 2013 Last updated at 17:48 ET Jimmy Savile's former chauffeur Ray Teret has been charged with historic sex offences involving 15 teenage girls, police have said. He was arrested by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) earlier this week...

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Fat pledge 'a drop in the ocean'

25 October 2013 Last updated at 19:04 ET A pledge by food manufacturers to cut saturated fat levels is a "drop in the ocean" in the fight against obesity, a top public health expert says. The commitment is part of the voluntary "responsibility...

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