Warning on 'too many' A&E admissions

30 October 2013 Last updated at 20:02 ET By Adam Brimelow Health Correspondent, BBC News There are too many emergency admissions to hospitals in England, according to the government spending watchdog. The National Audit Office says there were...

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Google outrage at 'NSA hacking'

31 October 2013 Last updated at 01:09 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A summary of US spying allegations brought about by Edward Snowden's leak of classified documents Google has expressed outrage...

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MPs voting on cash to start HS2

31 October 2013 Last updated at 01:11 ET MPs will vote later on whether to let the government start spending money on preparations for the HS2 rail project. Money released by the vote would pay for surveys, buying property and compensating...

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Tough new train punctuality targets

31 October 2013 Last updated at 05:46 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Many level crossings will be closed or improved to make them more safe in the next round of spending Around 500 level crossings...

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Universities face strike disruption

31 October 2013 Last updated at 05:30 ET Universities across the UK face disruption from a one-day walkout by lecturers and support staff who say their pay has failed to keep up with rising living costs. The University and College Union says...

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Move for 24-hour energy switching

31 October 2013 Last updated at 05:31 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Ben Wright reports: "The big issue lurking in the background is the question of green levies" Households could be able to switch...

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Syria chemical equipment destroyed

31 October 2013 Last updated at 05:45 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Jerry Smith, OPCW: "We have personally observed all of the destruction activities" Syria's declared equipment for producing,...

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Press in legal bid to stop charter

30 October 2013 Last updated at 03:38 ET Newspaper and magazine publishers are seeking a last-minute injunction to stop the proposed royal charter on press regulation being approved later. They will argue at the High Court that the Privy Council...

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Pension fees cap plan unveiled

30 October 2013 Last updated at 04:23 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Pensions minister Steve Webb: "This is the start of a full frontal assault on charges" Management fees charged by pension providers...

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Tesco faces Sainsbury's court bid

30 October 2013 Last updated at 04:11 ET A battle between rival supermarkets Tesco and Sainsbury's over price comparison promotions may go to court. Sainsbury's is requesting a judicial review after the Advertising Standards Authority rejected...

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Israel frees another 26 Palestinians

29 October 2013 Last updated at 23:17 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Yolande Knell describes how the former inmates were welcomed Israel has released the second of four batches of 26...

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PCC backs drug 'shooting galleries'

30 October 2013 Last updated at 04:07 ET Drug addicts should have access to "consumption rooms" where they could inject prescribed heroin legally, a police and crime commissioner believes. Durham PCC Ron Hogg said introducing the facilities,...

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Barclays PPI provisions unchanged

30 October 2013 Last updated at 04:37 ET Barclays Bank has seen a big increase in its nine-month pre-tax profits to £2.85bn. In the same period last year, the figure was £962m. The amount that it has set aside to pay compensation for mis-sold...

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Germans in US talks over spy claims

30 October 2013 Last updated at 05:14 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A summary of US spying allegations brought about by Edward Snowden's leak of classified documents A German delegation of intelligence...

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Energy chiefs under fire on prices

29 October 2013 Last updated at 03:12 ET Top executives from the UK's six largest energy companies are expected to face serious criticism when they come before a group of MPs. The bosses have been called in front of the Energy and Climate Change...

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Six-figure Baby Peter sum agreed

29 October 2013 Last updated at 03:30 ET By Jake Morris and Allegra Stratton BBC Newsnight The former head of Haringey children's services has agreed a six-figure payout for unfair dismissal, which could cost the council up to £600,000, BBC...

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Accused former BBC driver found dead

29 October 2013 Last updated at 04:27 ET A former BBC driver accused of sex offences has been found dead. David Smith, 67, from Lewisham, south-east London, had been due to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court for allegedly abusing a boy, 12,...

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Lloyds sees PPI bill raised by £750m

29 October 2013 Last updated at 05:29 ET Lloyds Bank says it will set aside another £750m for compensation for mis-sold personal protection insurance (PPI), taking the total to £8bn. UK banks have reserved £16bn to compensate customers sold...

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Many still without power after storm

29 October 2013 Last updated at 05:37 ET Over 57,000 homes are still without power after a storm battered Britain. Engineers restored supplies to 100,000 homes overnight after heavy rainfall and winds of more than 70mph (112 km/h) hit parts...

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Major US surveillance review ordered

29 October 2013 Last updated at 05:40 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. President Obama says he wants to ''review'' the NSA's operations The US Senate's intelligence committee has announced a major...

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HS2 benefit-cost ratio lowered

29 October 2013 Last updated at 05:43 ET The government's latest business case for the HS2 high-speed rail link has slightly lowered the amount of benefit it predicts relative to the cost. The expected benefit-cost ratio (BRC) has fallen from...

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Rock legend Lou Reed dies at 71

27 October 2013 Last updated at 16:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Lizo Mzimba looks back at the life of Lou Reed US singer and former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed has died at the age...

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Staff at G4S SA prison accused

27 October 2013 Last updated at 23:19 ET Staff at one of South Africa's most dangerous prisons, run by British firm G4S, have been accused of "shocking" abuses and of losing control. The South African government has temporarily taken over the...

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'Years of disruption' if no HS2

28 October 2013 Last updated at 05:22 ET A government-commissioned report says the alternative to a new HS2 high speed rail link would see 14 years of weekend route closures and longer journeys. The report, by Network Rail and Atkins, says...

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