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President Barack Obama announces a $50bn infrastructure plan as part of efforts to jump-start the faltering US economy.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:15:40 GMT
Connaught, the property services group that specialises in social housing, is on the brink of going into administration, the BBC learns.
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:21:02 GMT
Three independent Australian MPs are due to reveal who they will back as prime minister, ending two weeks of deadlock since inconclusive elections.
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:07:48 GMT
Labour MPs demand the police investigation into alleged phone-hacking by News of the World reporters is reopened, at an urgent Commons session.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:47:25 GMT
Plans to change the way MPs are elected to Parliament survive their first Commons hurdle - despite criticism from Tory MPs.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:18:32 GMT
Severe disruption is expected on London Underground as the first workers begin a 24-hour strike.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:03:50 GMT
Criminals have managed to clone prepayment meter keys in order to make money by offering discounted credit to customers.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:01:46 GMT
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has hindered its investigations by repeatedly objecting to its choice of inspectors.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:56:31 GMT
The growing number of councils across the UK switching off street lights prompts criticism from MPs and road safety groups.
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:34:22 GMT
France faces disruption in a strike over pension reform on Tuesday, when MPs will also debate a ban on full face veils and a new security bill.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:44:05 GMT
A Remembrance service is to be held later to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the blitz.
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:25:36 GMT
Some of the UK's rarest bumblebees are at risk of becoming extinct as a result of inbreeding, research suggests.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:19:38 GMT
Charles Saatchi's plan to donate his gallery to the British public hits a stumbling block after talks with Arts Council England break down.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:18:10 GMT
England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:09:40 GMT
Roger Federer takes on Jurgen Melzer in the US Open night session after Caroline Wozniacki sees off Maria Sharapova.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:59:21 GMT
Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is set to be appointed as Aston Villa's new manager on Wednesday, BBC Sport understands.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:08:05 GMT
England batsman Kevin Pietersen is given an undisclosed fine by the ECB over his Twitter tirade.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:47:21 GMT
Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt injures shoulder during training with the Netherlands, according to Dutch boss Bert van Marwijk
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:40:12 GMT
Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams appeal for help in tracing two people seen entering his central London flat.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:44:07 GMT
A man who killed his wife after five months of marriage enjoyed "gymnastic" sex sessions with another woman, a court hears.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:15:07 GMT
Banking giant Barclays announces it is to expand its presence in Glasgow, creating 600 jobs.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:04:22 GMT
A 27-year-old Aberdeen man is stabbed and killed two days after flying to the Philippines.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:00:56 GMT
A father speaks of his shock after his eight-year-old son picked up a pipe bomb in a school playground in Antrim.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:21:15 GMT
A Scottish crime gang spent more than £50,000 advertising brothels in Belfast, a court is told.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:43:37 GMT
A Flintshire mother calls for tougher sentences for so-called "one-punch killers" after her son's attacker was jailed for 40 months for manslaughter.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:56:05 GMT
More than 60 children were involved a collision between two school buses in south Wales, say police.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:17:51 GMT
South African trade unions suspend a nationwide strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:14:38 GMT
A Sussex vicar found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages is jailed for four years.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:31:23 GMT
Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:28:08 GMT
A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:54:39 GMT
Greek PM George Papandreou reshuffles his cabinet but leaves the key post of finance minister unchanged as his government battles a debt crisis.
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:40:47 GMT
Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:16:34 GMT
Teams in Guatemala have to halt the search for bodies following devasting mudslides which have killed at least 45 people.
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:24:35 GMT
Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile hold a ceremony to mark their first month underground.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:15:19 GMT
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:39:34 GMT
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:11:59 GMT
Hundreds of thousands of people flee towns and villages threatened by fresh floods in Pakistan's deluged southern Sindh province.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:57:36 GMT
Nearly 20 people die as a suicide bomber rams an explosives laden pickup truck into a police station in north-west Pakistan.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:02:58 GMT
Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:30:31 GMT
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:27:10 GMT
Retail sales rose in August, partly thanks to strong sales of children's clothing ahead of the new school year, figures suggest.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:01:08 GMT
British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:01:59 GMT
Pensioners hit by the Equitable Life scandal are making a final attempt to persuade the government to pay them full compensation.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:52:39 GMT
Tony Blair cancels a planned book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:05:10 GMT
The EU budget commissioner says he sees no grounds for the UK to keep its budget rebate.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:31:10 GMT
The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green says in his first major speech on immigration.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:53:23 GMT
Too few UK cancer patients are receiving state-of-the-art radiotherapy care, experts from Cancer Research UK say.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:01:50 GMT
Scientists are concerned that exposure to chemicals used in non-stick frying pans could raise cholesterol levels in children after finding a link.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:02:17 GMT
People with a mental illness are no more likely to be violent unless they abuse drugs or alcohol, a study suggests.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:00:23 GMT
The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:22:02 GMT
A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:02 GMT
Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:04:07 GMT
Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their networks.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:15:02 GMT
Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:19:46 GMT
A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:20:42 GMT
A study suggests climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, challenging widely held assumptions.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:47:23 GMT
Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:18:12 GMT
Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:08:39 GMT
Emmerdale wins three prizes at the TV Choice Awards, with EastEnders taking the prize for best soap in its 25th anniversary year.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:53:09 GMT
Stephen Fry criticises a culture of fear at the BBC which is creating "incredibly bland" programmes
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:01:49 GMT
Bruce Forsyth quits Strictly Come Dancing's Sunday results show and is replaced by Claudia Winkleman.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:14:04 GMT
Our ability to recall events seems to sharpen as we get older, says Lisa Jardine, but can it be trusted to paint an accurate picture?
: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:16:57 GMT
Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention?
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:10:21 GMT
The world is on the verge of a bed-bug pandemic, according to a report - how did the tiny biting insects come to pose such a threat?
: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:42:04 GMT
The police and not the government should decide whether to re-open the investigation into the News of the World phone-hacking allegations, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:02:27 GMT
Remarkable new footage of the the London blitz goes on show.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:34:46 GMT
The BBC's Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:24:23 GMT
England manager Fabio Capello says striker Wayne Rooney is in the right frame of mind to play against Switzerland on Tuesday despite allegations about his private life.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:49:16 GMT
The suspicious object was left in the playground of St Comgall's Primary School and picked up by an eight -year-old pupil.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:08:52 GMT
Andrea Bocelli is inviting survivors of the attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York to concerts on the Amalfi coast.
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:35:20 GMT
The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:31:14 GMT
I Am Kloot singer John Bramwell talks to Elbow's Guy Garvey about Kloot's Mercury Music Prize-nominated album, which Garvey and bandmate Craig Potter produced.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:42:44 GMT
Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams have released the most recent CCTV footage of the victim.
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:17:24 GMT
Why memories of the bombardment never fade
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:25:57 GMT
How likely is it that you'll live to be 100 years old?
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:52:24 GMT
Director Sofia Coppola returns with her new movie Somewhere
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:08:11 GMT
US Muslims are free but that's not enough, argues Michael Goldfarb
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:20:39 GMT