2 May 2013 Last updated at 00:34 GMT By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News Europe needs to adopt clearer policies on energy to encourage investors says [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 00:43 GMT Broadbent said Butler, pictured right in 1968, was “a fascinating copper of the old school” Jim Broadbent will play the detective charged with tracking down the Great Train Robbers [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 02:08 GMT Operaton Elveden investigates alleged payments to public officials by journalists Forty-two Metropolitan police officers and staff have been disciplined in the first two months of the year, [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 02:26 GMT Court of Protection hearings take place at the Royal Courts of Justice The justice secretary has asked a senior judge to consider whether the court dealing with the affairs of mentally incapable [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 00:27 GMT By Helen Briggs BBC News Not everyone receives the same level of care, says the report Expectant mothers in England experience wide variations [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 00:09 GMT The results will be declared on Friday Voters across England go to the polls later to decide the outcome of council elections and a parliamentary by-election in South Shields. Elections are [...]

Joe Root hit a career-best 236 and England team-mate Jonny Bairstow made 186 as Yorkshire raced towards a massive total at Headingley. Root made serene progress to the second double century of his career, striking 24 boundaries in his [...]

A potential rivalry between Team Sky’s British riders Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome can be good for cycling, according to team-mate Geraint Thomas. Wiggins, 33, the 2012 Tour de France champion, wants to defend his [...]

Ronnie O’Sullivan says this year’s World Championship could be his last major event, stating he only returned to the sport for “a bit of money”. The defending champion, 37, beat Stuart Bingham 13-4 on [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 21:01 GMT Police are investigating how the body of Grace Kamara (L) was buried in Christopher Alder’s grave Mortuary bosses missed 10 opportunities to spot they had given the family of a former [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 23:11 GMT Council tax bills have been frozen in Scotland since 2007 The Scottish council tax freeze disproportionally benefits the wealthy, according to research by a union. Unison said people in the [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 23:11 GMT By Eleanor Bradford BBC Scotland Health Correspondent PhD student Kate Andreyeva was the first volunteer to have her brain temperature [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 23:03 GMT The Cayman Islands will in future share information on taxes with the UK and other countries Bermuda and other British overseas territories with financial centres have signed agreements on [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 23:02 GMT Police say they have been looking for Christopher Mealey, Lee Smith and Jamie Spring, aka Hall, (L to R) since January 2012 Three men thought to be involved in smuggling drugs into the UK [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 23:06 GMT The former boss of HMRC, Dave Hartnett, struck the deal with Goldman Sachs Judges are being asked to decide if HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) acted illegally by letting investment bank Goldman [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 23:01 GMT By Kevin Peachey Personal finance reporter, BBC News Interest-only mortgages were very popular in the run up to the financial crisis More [...]

01 de mayo de 2013, 13:38London, May 1 (Prensa Latina) The British government announced today the suspension of development aid intended to South Africa with the aim, above all, to reduce mortality among mothers in childbirth. The removal [...]

The Governments of the United Arab Emirates and of the United Kingdom today signed two memoranda of understanding on the creation of a Dialogue of Values and Qualification of Frameworks. Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Foreign [...]

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The United Kingdom is worried about not having enough cybersecurity professionals in the near future. To counteract that, a group drawn from business and government is launching a series of cybersecurity challenges aimed at children, with [...]

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SOUTHAMPTON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – May 1, 2013) – Meon Valley, A Marriott Hotel Country Club has cut its day delegate rates by 13 percent for 2013 meetings and conferences. This special day delegate rate reduction [...]

AFP/London A split with Scotland would reduce Britain’s influence in the European Union and reinforce the view that it is a world power in irreversible decline, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said. The Scottish government described [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 10:56 GMT Article written by Rory Cellan-Jones Technology correspondent More from Rory Follow Rory on Twitter How is the digital revolution affecting the book trade? If [...]

Like a lover in a stale relationship, Jose Mourinho has fluttered his eyelashes in the direction of the Premier League, with former squeeze Chelsea the apparent object of his desire. “I know in England I am loved,” he said [...]

British publishers have reported record sales for 2012, despite the recession and the rise of e-readers. Total spending on printed and digital books rose 4% to £3.3bn last year, the Publishers Association said. The digital revolution really [...]

The new NHS non-emergency 111 telephone service in England is in a fragile state in a number of areas ahead of bank holiday weekend, NHS bosses admit. Reports have been emerging for weeks of calls going unanswered and poor advice being given, [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 17:41 GMT Combat forces are due to leave at the end of 2014 Locals who have worked as interpreters for British troops should, if possible, remain in Afghanistan after UK forces have left, David Cameron [...]

Lynsey Sharp says drugs are a “huge problem” in athletics after being upgraded to European 800m gold following a doping scandal. Scotland’s athlete of the year is now 2012 European champion after Russian Yelena Arzhakova [...]

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Silverstone say they have learned the lessons from the problems with access that they experienced at last year’s [...]