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August 2009 |
   8:52 pm (20 minutes ago)
Twelve football hooligans who took part in what a judge said was the worst destruction Manchester has suffered "since the Blitz" are sentenced.
8:49 pm (22 minutes ago)
Several "potential victims of human trafficking" have been rescued in raids on suspected brothels in Belfast, police say.
8:49 pm (23 minutes ago)
Detectives in Armagh have begun a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in the Castle Street area on Friday.
8:46 pm (26 minutes ago)
Colombian troops storm an ELN guerrilla camp near the Venezuelan border, killing 11 rebels, a day after 14 policemen were killed in an ambush in the south.
8:31 pm (41 minutes ago)
Police question the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that trio implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.
8:28 pm (44 minutes ago)
Montenegro captain Mirko Vucinic scores a fine solo goal to condemn Wales to defeat in their opening Euro 2012 qualifier.
8:22 pm (50 minutes ago)
The US secretary of state warns the current round of Mid-East peace talks may be "the last chance for a very long time".
7:50 pm (an hour ago)
A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was evacuated seconds before an explosion almost destroyed the building, it emerges.
7:46 pm (an hour ago)
A UPS cargo plane crashes after take-off near a motorway in Dubai, killing two crew members aboard, officials say.
7:41 pm (an hour ago)
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island, causing widespread minor damage and power cuts.
7:40 pm (an hour ago)
Senior Labour politicians urge fresh inquiries into phone hacking claims surrounding the News of the World newspaper.
7:33 pm (an hour ago)
A bomb kills at least 50 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.
7:23 pm (an hour ago)
Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.
7:16 pm (an hour ago)
A 74-year-old Northamptonshire churchwarden dies when she is knocked to the ground as she herds cattle.
7:14 pm (an hour ago)
Edinburgh's transport leader admits speeding but said he still believes a 20mph zone would be a good idea.
6:38 pm (3 hours ago)
Two women who were arrested after trying to take a dead relative on to a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport will not face charges.
6:19 pm (3 hours ago)
HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says.
6:04 pm (3 hours ago)
Six Portuguese men are sentenced to between five and 18 years in jail after being found guilty of multiple charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home.
6:02 pm (3 hours ago)
Officials in northern Bangladesh battle to contain an anthrax outbreak that has infected more than 250 people.
6:00 pm (3 hours ago)
Keith Fahey's 76th-minute goal earns the Republic of Ireland victory in a tense opening Euro 2012 qualifier against Armenia in Yerevan.
5:55 pm (3 hours ago)
Double European champion Mo Farah announces his withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games because of fatigue.
5:47 pm (3 hours ago)
Three of the world's most successful club DJs join forces to pay tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany in July.
5:46 pm (3 hours ago)
Police carry out two days of raids after a man was attacked with a power drill in North Lanarkshire.
5:44 pm (3 hours ago)
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
5:40 pm (4 hours ago)
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
5:30 pm (4 hours ago)
England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all kick off their Euro 2012 qualifying campaigns as Wales lose their opening match in Montenegro.
5:23 pm (4 hours ago)
A key witness at the commission set up to examine the last years of Sri Lanka's civil war complains his words were not properly translated.
5:02 pm (4 hours ago)
The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died aged 82, his family and party confirm.
4:47 pm (4 hours ago)
New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama.
4:23 pm (5 hours ago)
Two police officers are suspended from driving duties after crashing a car they had seized from a suspected drink-driver.
4:20 pm (5 hours ago)
The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.
4:14 pm (5 hours ago)
Director general denies he compromised the BBC's independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the government's spending cuts.
4:07 pm (5 hours ago)
Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.
4:05 pm (5 hours ago)
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
4:02 pm (5 hours ago)
Andy Murray is in action against Dustin Brown at about 1920 BST on day five at Flushing Meadows, where defending women's champion Kim Clijsters is in fine form.
3:52 pm (5 hours ago)
Nigel Farage says he will stand for the leadership of the UK Independence Party, a position he held until last year.
3:28 pm (6 hours ago)
BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.
3:01 pm (6 hours ago)
A teenager pleads not guilty to murdering her 61-year-old father along with three other people.
2:58 pm (6 hours ago)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are doomed to fail, in the first regional reaction to the talks.
2:35 pm (7 hours ago)
Veteran broadcaster Sarah Kennedy is leaving BBC Radio 2's Dawn Patrol show - 34 years after joining the station
2:19 pm (7 hours ago)
Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs.
2:07 pm (7 hours ago)
The cost of mortgages is continuing to fall and they are becoming more accessible to some borrowers, figures show.
1:52 pm (7 hours ago)
One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.
1:42 pm (8 hours ago)
Welsh MP Chris Bryant says he believes his answer machine messages were intercepted by journalists at a tabloid newspaper.
1:12 pm (8 hours ago)
Dublin delays a deal to allow transfers of EU citizens' data to Israel, which is accused of forging passports.
12:36 pm (9 hours ago)
Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe, UK experts say.
12:32 pm (9 hours ago)
Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.
12:12 pm (9 hours ago)
Tony Blair's memoirs has become the fastest selling autobiography in Britain. But what are the biggest overall sellers?
12:10 pm (9 hours ago)
A group that campaigns against conceptual art claims 15 works by the artist Damien Hirst were inspired by other artists.
11:43 am (9 hours ago)
Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.
11:18 am (10 hours ago)
Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha show off their baby daughter, Florence, for the first time on the steps of Number 10.
10:45 am (10 hours ago)
Cheryl and Ashley Cole are granted a divorce at the High Court after four years of marriage.
10:29 am (11 hours ago)
David and Samantha Cameron have introduced their new daughter, Florence, on the steps of 10 Downing Street.
9:51 am (11 hours ago)
Twenty-seven suspected drug gang members are killed in a clash with troops near the US border, Mexico's army says, hours after the country's president vows to continue the fight against drug cartels.
9:48 am (11 hours ago)
President Barack Obama's daughter, Malia, is now 12 years old and 5ft 9in (1.75m). But what's it like to be a young girl who's taller than the rest?
9:37 am (12 hours ago)
A team of divers say they have found the world's oldest drinkable beer in a shipwreck off the coast of Finland.
9:37 am (12 hours ago)
South Africa strongly criticises Madagascar over the life sentence passed on exiled President Marc Ravalomanana.
9:13 am (12 hours ago)
A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries.
9:07 am (12 hours ago)
Hundreds of sharks have been spotted off the Queensland coast.
6:31 am (15 hours ago)
Commander Andy Coles shows BBC News around the control room of the Royal Navy's new attack submarine and talks about life on board.
6:01 am (15 hours ago)
The first visit of Chinese warships to Burma ends as top Burmese leader Than Shwe prepares to visit Beijing, highlighting the two country's close ties.
5:35 am (16 hours ago)
Japan imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme but maintains its oil import schedule.
3:45 am (17 hours ago)
A glimpse on board the UK's new stealth submarine
1:49 am (19 hours ago)
Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.
1:49 am (19 hours ago)
The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.
12:49 am (20 hours ago)
England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
12:03 am (21 hours ago)
Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost.
Yesterday, 6:57 pm
A man sailing the sea in a bath tub, mud sculptures and an ugly fish who finds love - it's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
Yesterday, 5:59 pm
British scientists say they are closer to knowing why older women trying to fall pregnant are more likely to produce abnormal eggs.
Yesterday, 4:33 pm
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
Yesterday, 1:45 pm
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
Yesterday, 10:57 am
Tony Blair used alcohol as a 'prop' during his time in power but how many of us do the same?
Yesterday, 12:15 am
School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests.
Wednesday, 12:36 pm
Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser reported - people of the past month.
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