Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:02:34 GMT
Ministers should rethink plans to force lone parents, disabled people and long term jobless into work, a government advisor says.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:32:15 GMT
The direction a child is facing in their pram could affect their development and stress levels, a study suggests.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:03:13 GMT
Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy says the judges of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing should go for Sergeant debacle.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:23:03 GMT
The families of US victims of the Lockerbie Pan Am bombing say they have received full compensation from Libya.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:01:10 GMT
The Tories demand a Whitehall security review as it is revealed 53 computers disappeared in a year.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:24:50 GMT
A ruling is expected later that could have profound implications for asbestos-related cancer victims and their families.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:22:49 GMT
The government's plan to fine hospitals for not hitting Clostridium difficile targets is unfair, experts say.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:51:31 GMT
A wealthy businessman who stole pages from books in the British Library and Bodleian Library is due to be sentenced.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:57:51 GMT
The UUP's executive committee 'overwhelmingly' endorses an electoral pact with the Conservatives.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:38:40 GMT
Veteran newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald has made his last appearance as co-presenter of ITV's News at Ten.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:06:19 GMT
Four Norwegian beaver families arrive in the UK as part of an historic plan to reintroduce the mammals to Scotland.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:24:49 GMT
Jonny Wilkinson's mentor Steve Black believes the England fly-half can defy his injuries and play until he is 40.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:58:45 GMT
Captain Kevin Pietersen wants England to score more hundreds after India's Duckworth-Lewis win in the third one-dayer.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:23:54 GMT
Arsenal captain William Gallas admits his side must toughen up if they are to challenge for the Premier League title.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:08:33 GMT
England prop Andrew Sheridan is ruled out of Saturday's Test against South Africa because of a neck injury.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:45:42 GMT
Boost for budget supermarkets as slowdown deepens
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:07:03 GMT
Manchester votes on world's largest congestion charge
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:05:41 GMT
P7 pupils face Northern Ireland's final 11 plus
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:50:17 GMT
Has TV witnessed an outbreak of civil disobedience?
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:05:52 GMT
New ways police are using to tackle drink crime
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:36:20 GMT
Corner of England where the truth is hard to find
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:06:28 GMT
Children held in UK detention centres are not getting the medical care they need, a leading medical journal warns.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:54:15 GMT
More than 15,000 primary seven pupils across Northern Ireland are to sit the second part of the last 11-plus exam.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:26 GMT
Merseyside Police suspend a serving officer after he is named on a list of British National Party members.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:55:23 GMT
Police investigate an internet hate campaign which breaches a banning order about those convicted in the Baby P case.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:34:21 GMT
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chairman, Sir Tom McKillop, says he is "profoundly sorry" for the bank's financial difficulties.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:25:29 GMT
It's World Philosophy Day - an opportunity to contemplate one's very existence and whether computer monitors really exist, says David Bain.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:13:58 GMT
Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no navel. Is a barely-there tummy button for cosmetic or medical reasons?
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:14:49 GMT
Half of you can grow a moustache, and that's just for starters, says Laurie Taylor in his weekly Magazine column.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:50:50 GMT
The papers mull John Sergeant's shock decision to leave BBC 1's Strictly Come Dancing.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:13:28 GMT
The mother of barrister who wrote a book detailing childhood abuse brands her daughter a "wicked thief and a liar".
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:55:17 GMT
The man accused of kidnapping Shannon Matthews told police he was threatened into keeping her by her mother, a court hears.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:33:23 GMT
The name of the cyclist who died after being struck by a lorry in Mallusk on the outskirts of Belfast is released.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:10:58 GMT
The executive confirms water charges will be deferred for another year, as it meets for the first time in five months.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:05:09 GMT
Rail passengers in Scotland face a 6% rise in the ticket prices - almost 2% above the current rate of inflation.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:11:14 GMT
An evaluation of Highland 2007 shows more than £44m invested and criticisms over its funding and promotion.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:27 GMT
A coroner asks for beach warning signs, recording an accidental death verdict on a boy who died sand tunnelling.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:01:07 GMT
A decision that could see a further 250 manufacturing jobs cut is described as a devastating blow.
