£3.5bn projects fund allocation

Details of where money will be spent on transport links, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure projects are to be announced by the Welsh government.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Today, 1:56am

Gang shooting mum sets up charity

The mother of Birmingham gang shooting victim Letisha Shakespeare is setting up her own charity to help combat gang culture.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Today, 1:20am

Michaela murder trial is to begin

The trial of two men charged with the murder of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius last year is expected to begin on Tuesday.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Today, 1:13am

Robo-fish to 'police' the oceans

Could robotic fish soon be on patrol in our oceans?  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Today, 1:08am

Tallest tower in Tokyo opening

Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634m and double the height of the Eiffel tower, opens to the public.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Today, 1:07am

Papers focus on Beecroft fallout

Papers focus on fallout from Beecroft report  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Today, 1:07am

Bogus PPI complaints 'hit 6,000'

Nearly 6,000 people put in bogus compensation claims last year, saying they had been mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance, the BBC learns.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Today, 12:35am

Six hurt in bungalow gas blast

A gas explosion injures six people, including three police officers, on Tyneside.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Today, 12:12am

Trident contracts to be unveiled

The Ministry of Defence will announce later that it is awarding £350m in contracts to design the next generation of nuclear armed submarines.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 11:38pm

Social mobility 'key for economy'

Nick Clegg will say in a speech later that social mobility is a "vital ingredient" in Britain's future economy.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 11:06pm

Anger over 'Reagan blood' auction

The foundation of late US President Ronald Reagan expresses outrage after a vial said to contain his blood is offered for sale at auction.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 11:04pm

Work report not doctored - No 10

Downing Street dismisses a suggestion it "doctored" an independent report on possible changes to employment law to avoid political embarrassment.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 10:51pm

Measures to replace Asbos set out

Ministers will reveal plans for new measures to tackle anti-social behaviour in England and Wales later, including new orders to replace Asbos.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 10:49pm

Chinese fakes 'used in US planes'

Vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in US military equipment, a key Senate committee investigation finds.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 10:35pm

Britain's first Diamond Jubilee

How Queen Victoria and the British Empire were celebrated  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 9:31pm

Ofsted criticises maths teaching

An Ofsted report criticises maths teaching and warns over early entry to maths GCSE.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 9:17pm

Are parents left out of maths teaching?

Have new methods left parents out in the cold?  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 9:16pm

Patients 'suffer NHS rationing'

Creeping rationing of NHS care is making patients suffer unnecessarily, doctors are warning.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 9:09pm

Nato endorses Afghan timetable

Nato leaders endorse plans to hand combat command in Afghanistan to local forces by mid-2013 and withdraw fighting troops by 2014.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 9:09pm

IVF age limit 'should be raised'

Women in their early 40s should be given access to IVF on the NHS, draft guidelines for England, Wales and Northern Ireland recommend.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 9:09pm

Third of malaria drugs 'are fake'

A third of malaria drugs used around the world to stem the spread of the disease are counterfeit, research reveals.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 8:51pm

Redefine drought, agency urges

Policy makers should drop the word "drought" as a blanket term and move to a sliding scale to describe dry conditions, the Environment Agency says.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 8:33pm

The end of drug discovery?

Are we facing the end of new drug discovery?  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 8:32pm

Warning over child 'screen time'

Parents need to do more to stop children spending too much time in front of televisions, computers and smartphones, according to a psychologist.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 7:47pm

Plan put to cut Scots councils

The number of Scottish councils should be cut by almost half and their powers boosted to revitalise local government, a think tank says.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 7:39pm

UN condemns Yemen suicide bombing

The UN condemns as "heinous" a suicide attack in Yemen that killed more than 90 soldiers, which al-Qaeda said it carried out.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 7:37pm

Energy bill to boost renewables

The government will publish its long-awaited draft energy bill later, designed to encourage major investment in clean energy generation.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 7:13pm

How Barca is selling its brand to fans

Spain's football giants aim to dominate new media  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 7:12pm

China's billion phone app market

China's booming market in mobile-phone apps  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 7:12pm

Fashion for people with disabilities

One woman's mission to design clothes for wheelchair users  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 7:12pm

VIDEO: The original celebrity gossip mag

Historian Dr Lucy Worsley looks through writer Samuel Pepys' scrapbook from the 17th Century, an early example of popular print culture.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 7:02pm

VIDEO: Jordan treating victims of Mid-East violence

Six years ago a group of surgeons opened a temporary clinic in Jordan to operate on Iraqis with injuries untreatable in their home country, but recent violence in Libya, Yemen and Syria has led to the project being extended and expanded  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 6:57pm

VIDEO: Should it be easier to fire staff?

Business Secretary Vince Cable has attacked a plan being considered by fellow ministers to make it easier for companies to sack workers.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 6:51pm

VIDEO: Nato to quit Afghan combat role in 2013

Nato leaders have formalised an agreement to hand control of Afghanistan to its own security forces in 2013. The summit also confirmed its timetable for a full combat pullout by 2014. Mark Mardell reports.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 6:42pm

VIDEO: Team that keeps torch relay moving

What keeps the Olympic torch relay on the road?  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 6:30pm

Farc kills 12 Colombian soldiers

Colombian officials say left-wing Farc rebels have killed 12 soldiers during a patrol in a remote rural area near the sensitive border with Venezuela.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 5:31pm

Leeds 18-31 St Helens

Jonny Lomax weighs in with a 13-point haul as St Helens outplay Leeds to earn a deserved Super League win at Headingley.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 5:02pm

SpaceX to attempt second lift-off

The US firm SpaceX will try again on Tuesday to launch its re-supply mission to the space station.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 4:09pm

We won't desert Afghans - Cameron

Britain will not desert the people of Afghanistan when troops end their combat role there in 2014, David Cameron says at a Nato summit in Chicago.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 3:59pm

Williams ready after fire drama

Chief engineer says the team is ready for the Monaco GP despite having their preparations "hampered" by Spanish GP fire.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 2:59pm

Iran sacks 'pool abuse' diplomat

The Iranian Foreign Ministry announces it had dismissed a diplomat accused of molesting girls at a swimming pool in Brasilia.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 2:50pm

VIDEO: Facebook drops below float price

Facebook has plunged in value to well below its offer price, two days after its shares were floated in New York. So what does this mean for the social networking site?  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 2:21pm

Bank of England's role examined

The Bank of England's supervisory court commissions three independent reviews into its performance during the financial crisis.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 1:55pm

Facebook drops below float price

Shares in Facebook slump 12% in early trading, falling below the initial price they were launched at on Friday in one of the world's biggest stockmarket flotations.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 1:52pm

US university webcam snoop jailed

A US student who used a webcam to secretly film his room-mate in a gay encounter is sentenced to 30 days in prison by a judge.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 1:51pm

VIDEO: Lockerbie bomber's funeral held

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been buried in a private ceremony in a western suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 1:37pm

Body parts kept by police forces

Police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have stored almost 500 body parts and human organs, a report says.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 1:36pm

Protesters 'attack Mali leader'

Interim Mali President Dioncounda Traore is taken to hospital with a head wound after being attacked by demonstrators, sources say.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 1:22pm

Huntsman is jailed for party rape

A Devon huntsman is sentenced to four years in prison for raping a guest as he gave her a lift home from a ball.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 1:20pm

Kuwaiti denies Twitter blasphemy

A Kuwaiti man pleads not guilty to charges that he insulted the Prophet Muhammad and the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in messages on Twitter.  Read more...

BBC News - Home, Yesterday, 1:18pm