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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:06pm
Row 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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:04pm
Rail users 'penalised unfairly'
Some rail passengers are receiving unfair treatment for making innocent mistakes with their train tickets, says Passenger Focus. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:55pm
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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:49pm
Britain's first Diamond Jubilee
How Queen Victoria and the British Empire were celebrated Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 9:31pm
Ofsted criticises maths teaching
An Ofsted report criticises maths teaching and warns over early entry to maths GCSE. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 9:17pm
Are parents left out of maths teaching?
Have new methods left parents out in the cold? Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 9:16pm
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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 9:09pm
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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 8:33pm
The end of drug discovery?
Are we facing the end of new drug discovery? Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 7:39pm
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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 7:13pm
Fashion for people with disabilities
One woman's mission to design clothes for wheelchair users Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 7:12pm
Heathrow 'is ready' for Olympics
Heathrow is ready to cope with a huge surge in demand during the Olympics, despite recent concerns over queuing and security, officials say. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 7:10pm
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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 7:02pm
Six people hurt in gas explosion
Three police officers, a paramedic, a gas engineer and an elderly man are seriously injured in a gas explosion in Gateshead. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 5:36pm
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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 5:02pm
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 | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 3:59pm
VIDEO: Will.i.am carries Olympic torch
Will.i.am, a judge on the programme The Voice, has carried the Olympic torch in Taunton. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 2:52pm
VIDEO: Widow 'disgusted' at sentence
Two dissident republicans have been jailed for the murder of the police officer Stephen Carroll in County Armagh. Constable Carroll's widow likened the sentences to a rap over the knuckles, as Mark Simpson reports. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 1:41pm
Olympic ticket design unveiled
Pictograms of sporting events - including cycling, swimming and equestrianism - form the basis of the design of the London 2012 Olympic tickets. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 1:30pm
Man denies phone call confession
A man denies confessing to the murder of a takeaway food delivery driver in a telephone call to his girlfriend, a court hears. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 1:06pm
Adebayor discusses Tottenham deal
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor is in talks with Tottenham Hotspur over making his loan deal permanent. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 12:49pm
EU movement 'could be restricted'
Labour MP Frank Field tells the Commons a temporary restriction on the movement of European workers would allow government welfare reforms a "fair wind". Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 12:11pm
VIDEO: House of Commons
MPs have clashed over whether proposals in a recent report on employment law would "help more people get back into work" or have a "huge detrimental impact on consumer confidence". Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 12:01pm
Boyfriend guilty of model's death
The boyfriend of an aspiring model from New Zealand is found guilty of killing her in a jealous rage at his home in Dorset. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:52am
Big bird reunited with its owner
A big bird - thought to be an emu or a rhea - is reunited with its owner after it was found roaming a south Wales valleys golf course. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:48am
Nat Fraser will not give evidence
Nat Fraser, accused of murdering his wife Arlene in 1998, will not be giving evidence in his trial. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:44am
Windies were stern test - Strauss
Captain Andrew Strauss admits England were forced to "dig deep" before sealing a five-wicket victory over West Indies. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:41am
Bee Gees 'on a par with Beatles'
Bee Gees 'on a par with The Beatles', songwriters say Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:36am
Police blamed by Morgan report
The collapse of a trial of three men charged with committing one of Britain's most notorious unsolved murders has been blamed on failures by police and prosecution. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:35am
UK plans pre-visa TB screening
The UK announces that people coming to the UK from countries with a high incidence of TB will be screened before being granted a visa of more than six months. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:31am
VIDEO: 'Like wrestling with a crocodile'
Former PM Tony Blair believed the press made people feel cynical and negative about politics according to Lord Mandelson, who has been giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:14am
Couple locked boy in coal bunker
A Blackpool couple locked up a 10-year-old boy in a converted coal bunker , a court hears. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:08am
MPs to debate ex-NI executives
MPs will decide on Tuesday whether to refer three former News International executives to the standards commissioner for allegedly misleading a Commons committee. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:08am
US-Pakistan rift hits Nato summit
A US-Pakistan row over supply routes to Afghanistan is casting a cloud over the Nato summit in Chicago, as leaders discuss troop withdrawals. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 11:00am
Worker dies on heritage railway
A rail worker dies after becoming trapped between two trains on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:58am
Dyer signs one-year QPR contract
Kieron Dyer signs a new one-year deal at QPR, who also offer contracts to Radek Cerny, Clint Hill and Akos Buzsaky. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:55am
Jowell describes phone hacking
Tessa Jowell tells the Leveson Inquiry how having her phone hacked made her feel as if she was going "slightly mad". Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:52am
Don't scare workers, urges Cable
The business secretary condemns proposals to make it easier for firms to sack under-performing staff as "the wrong approach" to boosting the economy. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:50am
Firms' expansion creates 120 jobs
The expansion of a supermarket and a haulage company in Deeside, Flintshire, will create 120 jobs, with the help of Welsh government financial backing. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:48am
Appeal refused for Whyte's firm
A sheriff refuses an appeal lodged by Rangers owner Craig Whyte over a bill of £86,127 owed to a roofing firm. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:46am
Widow 'disgusted' at sentence
Two men will serve minimum sentences of 25 and 14 years before being considered for release for the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll in Craigavon in 2009. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:44am
Rock singer electrocuted on stage
Dave Okumu, singer with Mercury-nominated band The Invisible, is recovering in hospital after suffering "a life-threatening electrocution" on stage. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:27am
Girl 'saw parents murder sister'
The sister of a Cheshire schoolgirl who was last seen alive in 2003 saw their parents kill her, a court is told. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:22am
Is it OK to celebrate next to a losing fan?
Is it OK to celebrate next to the defeated? Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 10:14am
Lockerbie bomber's funeral held
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been buried in a private ceremony in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Read more...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition, May 21, 9:52am