55,000 free nursery places needed

6 May 2013 Last updated at 20:16 ET By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter A flagship government scheme to offer free nursery places to disadvantaged two-year-olds could be hit by shortages and delays, it is feared. Nursery providers...

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'Kill cord' key to boat deaths probe

7 May 2013 Last updated at 04:06 ET Police investigating the deaths of a father and his daughter in a speedboat accident in Cornwall have said a "kill cord" device is a key focus. A kill cord attaches to the boat's throttle and driver so if...

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Bangladesh collapse toll passes 700

7 May 2013 Last updated at 04:14 ET The death toll from the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has passed 700, officials say. The announcement came after workers pulled dozens more bodies from the...

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Queen to miss Commonwealth meeting

7 May 2013 Last updated at 05:21 ET The Queen will not be attending the Commonwealth heads of government meeting for the first time since 1973, Buckingham Palace has said. She will be represented by Prince Charles at the summit in Sri Lanka...

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Missing US women found after decade

7 May 2013 Last updated at 05:32 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A neighbour, Charles Ramsey, tells reporters: "We had to kick open the bottom of the door" Three young women who vanished in separate...

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Lord Lawson calls for UK to exit EU

7 May 2013 Last updated at 05:33 ET The former chancellor of the exchequer, Lord Lawson, has called for the UK to leave the European Union. Writing in the Times, he said British economic gains from an exit "would substantially outweigh the...

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Jimmy Tarbuck held in abuse inquiry

7 May 2013 Last updated at 05:39 ET Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck has been arrested over an allegation of child sex abuse dating back to the 1970s. North Yorkshire Police confirmed that a 73-year-old man was arrested in Kingston upon Thames on 26 April....

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World’s first 3D-printer gun fired

6 May 2013 Last updated at 02:38 ET By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service, Texas Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Rebecca Morelle saw the 3D-printed gun's first test in Austin,...

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Police investigate speedboat crash

6 May 2013 Last updated at 04:07 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The empty speedboat was filmed spinning out of control after the incident Police have begun an inquiry into a speedboat crash off...

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Neo-Nazi trial opens in Germany

6 May 2013 Last updated at 04:26 ET An alleged member of a German neo-Nazi cell has gone on trial in Munich in connection with a series of racially motivated murders. Beate Zschaepe, 38, is accused of being part of the National Socialist Underground...

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UK block on overseas spouse pensions

6 May 2013 Last updated at 04:53 ET People living abroad will no longer be entitled to a British state pension based solely on their spouse's work history, under government plans. Pensions Minister Steve Webb said some of those claiming a married...

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Mitchell: Evans 'should not resign'

6 May 2013 Last updated at 05:03 ET Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans should not resign after being arrested over rape and sexual assault allegations, says fellow Tory MP Andrew Mitchell. Mr Evans has denied allegations he raped a...

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Evidence Syria rebels 'used sarin'

6 May 2013 Last updated at 05:03 ET Testimony from victims of the Syrian conflict suggests rebels have used the nerve agent sarin, according to a leading United Nations investigator. Carla del Ponte told Swiss TV there were "strong, concrete...

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Bangladesh protest clashes 'kill 15'

6 May 2013 Last updated at 05:41 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Police used stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the demonstrators At least 15 people are reported to have been killed and...

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Damascus hit 'by Israeli strikes'

5 May 2013 Last updated at 05:39 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Syrian journalist Alaa Ebrahim describes the attack as like 'a mild earthquake' Israeli rockets have hit a research centre near...

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Historian sorry for 'gay' remark

4 May 2013 Last updated at 18:02 ET Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson has apologised for saying the economist John Maynard Keynes did not care about society's future because he was gay and had no children. Prof Ferguson, born in Scotland,...

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Some liver transplants 'avoidable'

4 May 2013 Last updated at 19:08 ET Some patients with severely damaged livers may not need a transplant as their own organ is actually regrowing, say doctors at a hospital in London. They made the discovery by looking at a rare group of patients...

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Malaysia votes in close contest

5 May 2013 Last updated at 03:14 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Watch Jonathan Head report from a polling station queue in Kuala Lumpur, where he says there was an ''unprecedented turnout'' Voting...

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'No change of course' says Hague

5 May 2013 Last updated at 04:05 ET Foreign Secretary William Hague says the Conservative Party does not need a "drastic change of course" despite its poor showing in local election results last week. He was responding to a surge in support...

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UKIP 'here to stay', says Farage

5 May 2013 Last updated at 05:08 ET The UK Independence Party is "fundamentally changing British politics" with its goal of "getting our country back", Nigel Farage has said. The UKIP leader said the party was "here to stay" and offered a change...

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Tory MP Evans denies rape claim

5 May 2013 Last updated at 05:40 ET Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans has denied allegations against him as "completely false", after being arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault. The Conservative MP, 55, has been questioned...

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Press regulation charter delayed

3 May 2013 Last updated at 17:59 ET Cross-party proposals for a royal charter to underpin press regulation following the Leveson report are to be delayed, Downing Street has said. The Privy Council was due to consider the plans on 15 May but...

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Care homes face financial checks

3 May 2013 Last updated at 19:00 ET Large providers of care homes in England are to have their financial records regularly scrutinised in future to spot potential business problems. Under the government's plans, the Care Quality Commission...

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Family courts speed up decisions

3 May 2013 Last updated at 19:36 ET By Angela Harrison Social affairs correspondent, BBC News The time it takes for the family courts to make decisions about whether children should be taken in to care or adopted has been cut. The average...

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Towns rewarded for High Street ideas

4 May 2013 Last updated at 03:38 ET Seven communities in England are to share £1m of government cash for injecting life into their high streets. It is the latest in a series of initiatives in the wake of retail guru Mary Portas's review into...

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