New MMR jab clinic in measles fight

26 April 2013 Last updated at 23:38 ET Another 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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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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First Dreamliner flight lands safely

27 April 2013 Last updated at 05:57 ET An Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner has flown from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, the first commercial flight by the Boeing aircraft since all 787s were grounded in January. The 50 planes around the world were...

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Hen party crash victims 'critical'

27 April 2013 Last updated at 06:30 ET Eight women are still in a critical condition after a crash on the M62 involving a minibus of hen partygoers. One woman was killed and 20 others injured when the bus was in collision with a lorry on Friday...

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Arrests over Dhaka building collapse

27 April 2013 Last updated at 07:44 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan in Dhaka says rescuers and volunteers worked through the night Two owners of garment factories...

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Armed drones operated from Britain

27 April 2013 Last updated at 07:52 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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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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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 06:22 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Chancellor George Osborne called the latest GDP figures "encouraging" and defended his austerity measures The UK economy has...

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Teenager wins police custody ruling

25 April 2013 Last updated at 07:14 ET A teenager has successfully challenged the policy of treating 17-year-olds in police custody as adults, not children. The High Court ruled the policy was "incompatible" with human rights law. Under-17s...

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Frantic search for Dhaka survivors

25 April 2013 Last updated at 07:45 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A man trapped in the rubble of the collapsed building in Dhaka A search for survivors is continuing at a building which collapsed...

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Papers reject press Royal Charter

25 April 2013 Last updated at 08:20 ET The newspaper industry is to reject cross-party press regulation plans, and will publish proposals for self-regulation backed by royal charter. The three main political parties agreed to a royal charter...

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Google offers clearer search labels

25 April 2013 Last updated at 08:15 ET Google has agreed to alter its search results in the light of a European investigation into whether it unfairly promoted its own services. The firm said that it will more clearly label results from YouTube,...

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Lloyds' Co-op deal falls through

24 April 2013 Last updated at 04:28 ET The planned sale of 631 UK bank branches by Lloyds Banking Group to the Co-op group has fallen through. The Co-op blamed the continued economic downturn and tougher regulatory environment imposed on...

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Godolphin trainer on doping charges

Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni has been charged after tests found traces of anabolic steroids in 11 of his horses. Al Zarooni will appear before a British Horseracing Authority (BHA) disciplinary panel on Thursday. Analysis Eyebrows are...

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Tandem deaths driver pleads guilty

24 April 2013 Last updated at 07:21 ET A man who killed a couple when he knocked them off their tandem bike with a car while being pursued by police has pleaded guilty in court. Ross Simons, 34, and his wife Clare, 30, died at the scene in...

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UK 'becoming a more peaceful place'

24 April 2013 Last updated at 07:44 ET Rates of murder and violent crime have fallen more rapidly in the UK in the past decade than many other countries in Western Europe, researchers say. The UK Peace Index, from the Institute for Economics...

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Letta set to become Italy's next PM

24 April 2013 Last updated at 07:49 ET Enrico Letta is set to become Italy's new prime minister, after being asked by President Giorgio Napolitano to form a broad coalition government. The appointment of Mr Letta, currently deputy leader of...

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At least 70 dead in Dhaka collapse

24 April 2013 Last updated at 08:04 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Efforts are under way to rescue those beneath the debris At least 70 people have been killed and many more are feared trapped...

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May outlines new Abu Qatada treaty

24 April 2013 Last updated at 08:14 ET The government has signed a mutual assistance treaty with Jordan to ensure that radical cleric Abu Qatada can be extradited, Theresa May has told MPs. The home secretary said the treaty had guarantees...

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Top stable in horse doping inquiry

Eleven horses from the Godolphin stable have tested positive for anabolic steroids in one of the biggest doping scandals in British racing history. Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni will attend a British Horseracing Authority inquiry after irregularities...

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FBI faces Boston suspect questions

23 April 2013 Last updated at 06:28 ET US security officials are to face questions in Congress over whether they mishandled information about Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. They will brief the Senate Intelligence Committee in a...

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