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Boundary changes for the next Scottish Parliament elections suggest a possible boost to the Conservatives, according to experts.
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Police use the anniversary of the killing of Manchester schoolboy Jessie James to once again appeal for help to catch his killer.
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A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in July, a report reveals.
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The number of cash machines in the UK has fallen and withdrawals have dropped as shoppers turn to cards, figures show.
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A medical charity says it has documented for the first time the effects of immigration detention on children facing removal from the UK.
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BP's internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico finds that "a series of failures" was to blame.
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Former newspaper editor and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers will replace US TV presenter Larry King on the US network CNN, it is announced.
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Fabio Capello is looking forward to his retirement as the Italian confirms he will stand down as England coach after Euro 2012.
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Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure".
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.
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David Cameron's father Ian dies in hospital in France shortly after the Prime Minister joined other members of his family at his bedside.
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Sinn Fein says cuts "proposed or imposed by the British goverment must be challenged and resisted", following Peter Robinson's call for savings.
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Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product, Google Instant, that displays results as soon as users type in queries.
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High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a new study says.
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US economic growth showed "widespread signs of deceleration" in August, says the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage in 2006.
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Labour MPs have rejected a move to allow the new party leader to choose who serves in the shadow cabinet.
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President Obama urges Congress to approve billions in tax breaks and spending to boost the US economy ahead of November's elections.
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Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.
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England batsman Kevin Pietersen hopes to play for South African franchise Kwa-Zulu Natal in two matches as a warm-up for this winter's Ashes.
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Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is named the new manager of Aston Villa.
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A US pastor says he is not "backing down" from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international condemnation.
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Closing dozens of small embassies to save money would be a "false economy" as they do not cost much, says William Hague.
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Palaeontologists uncover a new dinosaur with what may be the earliest evidence of feathers.
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Gunmen in Iraq have killed an Iraqi TV journalist - the second in as many days - while four other people were killed in two attacks in the capital Baghdad.
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A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary.
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Ferrari have avoided further punishment for using banned team orders, a Formula 1 disciplinary hearing in Paris has ruled.
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John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.
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The imam of an Islamic centre planned near New York's Ground Zero vows to name its financial backers amid accusations it is funded by extremists.
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Caroline Wozniacki, Dominika Cibulkova, Robin Soderling and Roger Federer are going for semi-final spots at the US Open, following wins by Vera Zvonareva and Novak Djokovic.
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