Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump are locked at 4-4 after the first session of their World Championship semi-final. O’Sullivan, who said after his quarter-final win over Stuart Bingham that he had only returned to the sport [...]

Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale has been named as the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year. The 23-year-old Wales international adds the writers’ prize to the Professional Footballers’ Association [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 13:33 GMT Batmaz was placed under surveillance by the Metropolitan Police in 2010 A police community support officer (PCSO) tipped off criminals about where cannabis was being grown and helped them [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 12:32 GMT The cottage owner said she had sent the council proof the colour was “like that when she bought it” A couple who re-painted their 17th Century Devon house a vivid shade of pink [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 15:42 GMT A 13-year-old boy has admitted slashing the neck of another teenager after the pair had fallen out over Xbox games. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, met the victim online in [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 15:15 GMT The boy was attacked by the dog at a house in Westcroft Place in the Mid Criagie area of Dundee A 12-year-old boy has been treated in hospital in Dundee after suffering “serious” [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 15:43 GMT Gwenda Bullock was given a phone number used by the club two years ago Football fans have been bombarding a grandmother with calls for tickets for a Wembley play-off final after she was given [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 16:18 GMT Paul Ridd died after an operation on his bowel at Morriston Hospital, Swansea A man with severe learning difficulties died from natural causes contributed to by neglect at a Swansea hospital, [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 17:19 GMT Sean Donaghy is stepping aside after fewer than three years as chief executive at the Northern trust The chief executive of the troubled Northern Health and Social Care Trust is to step aside [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 14:27 GMT Protesters staged a demonstration against the care home closure plans revealed by the western trust The way the potential closure of NHS residential homes in Northern Ireland has been handled [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 11:04 GMT The Spice Girls with Jennifer Saunders (third from left) and Judy Craymer (third from right) at the musical’s press launch last year Spice Girls musical Viva Forever! is to close at [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 12:12 GMT Operation Yewtre detectives have been investigating sex abuse claims since October UK detectives have visited Australia as part of their investigations into allegations of sex abuse. Scotland [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 14:57 GMT The results will be declared on Friday Voters across England are going to the polls for council elections and a parliamentary by-election in South Shields. Elections are being held in 27 [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 16:47 GMT The Queen saw demonstrations of the type of work carried out at Headley Court to help rehabilitate military casualties The Queen has visited a military rehabilitation unit for an insight [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 15:24 GMT Malcolm Blackman said the charges “should not have been brought” The self-appointed leader of the computer hacking group Anonymous UK has been found not guilty of raping a woman [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 10:55 GMT The Respect at Work review asked staff to comment on respect, behaviour and culture at the BBC An “uncomfortable” report on behaviour at the BBC has found incidents of sexual [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 16:50 GMT In a statement, Sgt Danny Nightingale said he was “devastated” his SAS service could come to an end An SAS sniper charged with illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition has [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 13:31 GMT Margaret Hodge said the accident was completely her fault Senior Labour MP Margaret Hodge has promised to be more careful in future, after hitting a cyclist with her car door. Mrs Hodge was [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 16:54 GMT Ninety-six Liverpool fans lost their lives as a result of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 Fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 Hillsborough victims will be held in the North West of [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 12:17 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Major Tim Petransky: “The mood… is sombre but [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 12:57 GMT William Roache has appeared in Coronation Street since its first episode in 1960 Coronation Street star William Roache has “strenuously” denied raping a 15-year-old girl in the [...]

London’s Olympic Stadium will host five games at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, which is being held across 13 venues. Twickenham will host the opening match of the 20-team event on 18 September, with hosts England taking on the winner [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 16:09 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Jurors saw key locations in connection with the case before [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 14:49 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Ed Thomas reports: “Again and again the question [...]

(AFP) – 14 hours ago  LONDON — Britain’s international reputation will be damaged if Scotland becomes independent in a referendum next year, a powerful committee of lawmakers warned in a report published on Wednesday. A split [...]

British High Commissioner Adam Thomson. -File Photo ISLAMABAD: Credible and acceptable elections on May 11 are of tremendous importance not only for Pakistan but also for the United Kingdom. This was stated by British High Commissioner [...]

It is the first thing that catches your eye before you pick up a book in a shop or library, or click on the digital thumbnail online, but what is it that makes a great book cover? With British publishers reporting record sales for 2012, it is [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 01:36 GMT By Vanessa Barford BBC News Magazine Huge numbers of children aged 10-15 were never vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, the result of a scare [...]

2 May 2013 Last updated at 01:03 GMT By Angela Harrison Education correspondent, BBC News Exams are under way in Scotland and begin in other parts of UK soon Door-slamming, [...]

1 May 2013 Last updated at 23:15 GMT Money Talk by Anne Sharp Chief executive, Acas The government is promising more flexibility over parental leave A decade ago flexible working [...]