Crash victim's friends raise funds

29 April 2013 Last updated at 02:53 ET Friends of an 18-year-old woman who was killed when a hen party's minibus crashed, aim to raise £50,000 for the air ambulance service. Trainee nurse Bethany Jones died and eight others remain in hospital...

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Syrian PM 'survives car bombing'

29 April 2013 Last updated at 04:42 ET Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi has survived a car bomb attack in the capital, Damascus, reports say. The blast in western Mazzeh district targeted Mr Halaqi's convoy, state television said. There...

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Police urged to focus on prevention

29 April 2013 Last updated at 05:01 ET The primary role of the police is to prevent crime, not catch criminals, the chief inspector of constabulary for England and Wales has said. Tom Winsor said focusing on would-be offenders, likely victims...

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Major benefits shake-up begins

29 April 2013 Last updated at 05:24 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Iain Duncan Smith said the slow roll-out of the changes, over four years, was "common sense" A massive shake-up in the UK benefits...

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Three Britons jailed in Dubai

29 April 2013 Last updated at 05:35 ET Three British men have been found guilty of drug offences in Dubai and jailed for four years each. Londoners Suneet Jeerh, Grant Cameron and Karl Williams, who denied the charges, will be deported afterwards....

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Bangladesh rescuers' hopes fade

29 April 2013 Last updated at 05:36 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. "There's a man in there. He's been trapped for five days." Andrew North goes inside the Dhaka ruins as time runs out. Rescue...

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Powerful blast in central Prague

29 April 2013 Last updated at 05:44 ET A large explosion has damaged a building in the centre of the Czech capital Prague. The area around the explosion in Divadelni St has been sealed off by police. At least a dozen people have been injured...

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PR guru Clifford vows to clear name

26 April 2013 Last updated at 23:00 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Max Clifford: "The allegations are completely false" PR guru Max Clifford has vowed to clear his name in court after being charged...

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New MMR jab clinic in measles fight

26 April 2013 Last updated at 23:38 ET A second health board is opening a drop-in measles vaccination clinic in south Wales later, amid warnings of a likely outbreak in north Wales. It comes as a million pupils in England who missed MMR jabs...

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Welby raps City 'entitlement' ethos

27 April 2013 Last updated at 03:26 ET The City of London has been affected by a "culture of entitlement" at variance with what others think reasonable, the new Archbishop of Canterbury has said. But the Most Reverend Justin Welby told the...

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Arrests over Dhaka building collapse

27 April 2013 Last updated at 04:28 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Rescue efforts continue at the collapsed building in Savar near Dhaka Two owners of garment factories in the building that collapsed...

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Boeing Dreamliner takes off again

27 April 2013 Last updated at 04:36 ET An Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner has taken off from Addis Ababa, the first commercial flight by the Boeing aircraft since all 787s were grounded in January. The 50 planes around the world were grounded...

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American faces trial in North Korea

27 April 2013 Last updated at 05:49 ET A US citizen will be tried soon on charges including attempting to overthrow North Korea's government, the North's official news agency says. KCNA says that Pae Jun-Ho has admitted the charges, without...

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Armed drones operating from Britain

27 April 2013 Last updated at 05:47 ET Armed drone aircraft have been operated remotely from Britain for the first time, the Ministry of Defence has said. It said Reaper drones had flown missions controlled from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire,...

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CIA 'tracked Boston bomb suspect'

24 April 2013 Last updated at 23:56 ET One of the Boston bomb suspects was added to a terrorism database 18 months ago at the request of the CIA, officials have told US media. The FBI has already said it investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26,...

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Cameron policy role for Jo Johnson

25 April 2013 Last updated at 04:15 ET The prime minister has appointed Jo Johnson - the younger brother of Mayor of London Boris Johnson - as the head of his policy unit. Jo Johnson was elected as MP for Orpington, in London, in May 2010. Mr...

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Measles jab plan targets 1m children

25 April 2013 Last updated at 04:40 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News One million schoolchildren in England who missed MMR jabs are to be targeted by a vaccination plan aimed at curbing the growing threat of measles....

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Spain unemployment hits record high

25 April 2013 Last updated at 04:43 ET Spain's unemployment rate soared to a new record of 27.2% of the workforce in the first quarter of 2013, according to official figures. The total number of unemployed people in Spain has now passed the...

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Frantic search for Dhaka survivors

25 April 2013 Last updated at 05:44 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan reports: "Just a day before this incident there were complaints about cracks on the wall and also on...

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Imaginary portraitist up for Turner

25 April 2013 Last updated at 05:01 ET A portrait painter, whose subjects are imaginary, is one of four artists in contention for the 2013 Turner Prize. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye joins French installation artist Laure Prouvost, Britain's David...

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Economy avoids triple-dip recession

25 April 2013 Last updated at 05:46 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Steph McGovern explains how GDP works The UK economy has avoided falling back into recession. The Office for National Statistics...

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'Cosmetic crisis' waiting to happen

23 April 2013 Last updated at 21:05 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Injections to plump up the skin are a "crisis waiting to happen" and should be available only on prescription, a UK review of cosmetic procedures...

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