Morning world news
06.09 Thu Oct 23 2008
German bank probed over Lehman transfer - Al-Qaida message believed to confirm leader's death - Columbian cartel linked to Hezbollah
Archaeologists celebrate Peru find
08.36 Tue Oct 21 2008
Peruvian archaeologists have made the most exciting find in the country for a generation
Morning World News
06.26 Sat Oct 18 2008
Zimbabwe talks latest - North Korea nuclear progress - Global poverty march
World News (Morning) for October 17th, 2008
06.16 Fri Oct 17 2008
Zimbabwe cabinet talks to resume - Bush to make economy statement - Arnie promises wildfire help
Unemployment 'set to spiral'
22.22 Wed Oct 15 2008
The Government has been warned that unemployment could spiral to 3 million by the end of 2010.
World News (Evening)
17.45 Tue Oct 14 2008
Wildfires in California - Power-sharing talks in Zimbabwe - Chinese government recalls milk products
Cash injection brings banking revolution
22.57 Mon Oct 13 2008
Three of the UK's most popular high street banks are receiving £37 billion of taxpayers' cash in one of the UK's biggest nationalisations.
World News (Morning) for October 7th, 2008
06.13 Tue Oct 07 2008
Scores injured in Thai protest - More drugs police in Mexico - Next US presidential debate looms
Elderly want more help with fuel bills
14.17 Sun Oct 05 2008
Almost three-quarters of elderly people think the Government is not doing enough to help people with the rising cost of fuel bills.
Mandelson return 'a masterstroke'
19.04 Fri Oct 03 2008
New Labour architect Peter Mandelson is reportedly set to make a shock return to the Government.
Further credit squeeze over coming months
10.14 Thu Oct 02 2008
Banks and building societies will cut lending further to households and businesses in the coming three months, the Bank of England says.
Savers scramble to protect cash
22.37 Wed Oct 01 2008
Savers are said to be shuffling billions of pounds, some to Irish banks which are offering guaranteed protection, to safeguard their cash.
Teacher data loss apology 'not enough'
11.44 Fri Sep 26 2008
An apology offered to teachers whose personal details were lost on a disc that went missing in the post "does not go far enough".
Patient records may be disclosed
11.05 Sun Sep 21 2008
The Government is considering giving firms access to a massive computer database of patient records across England
Death toll rises in Bolivian clash
18.20 Sun Sep 14 2008
The death toll in Bolivia has risen to around 30 after days of clashes between government and opposition supporters.
Pressure for inquiry into Omagh bombing
17.24 Sun Sep 14 2008
The British and Irish governments are under pressure for an inquiry into the Omagh bombing after claims it could have been prevented.
Pensions crisis escalates
11.58 Fri Sep 05 2008
The number of people saving into a personal pension has fallen by nearly one million during the past year.
Britons doubt olympics will be a success
10.35 Fri Sep 05 2008
Most Britons believe the Government is incapable of managing the 2012 Olympics, according to a survey.
MPC mulls interest rate move
14.17 Wed Sep 03 2008
The Bank of England's nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is holding two days of talks on interest rates as recession looms.
Councils 'could help housing market'
23.50 Fri Aug 29 2008
Councils could get help to buy repossessed and unsold homes under new Government plans.
Government accused of policing 'on the cheap'
14.50 Wed Aug 27 2008
The Tories have accused the Government of 'policing on the cheap'.
Home Office loses data on criminals
23.04 Thu Aug 21 2008
Personal details relating to thousands of criminals have been lost in the latest in a line of Government data blunders.
World News
06.22 Tue Aug 19 2008
Russian withdrawal from Georgia unclear - Coalition to discuss Pakistan future - Chavez threatens to seize cement firm.
Britain failing to prevent child sex tourism
12.44 Sun Aug 17 2008
Britain is failing to prevent child sex tourism according to a children's rights charity.
MP accuses Charles of 'ignoring' world's poor
09.08 Sun Aug 17 2008
The Prince of Wales has been accused by a Government minister of ignoring the world's poor.
Campaigners call for tougher lapdance laws
11.50 Fri Aug 15 2008
The Government has come under pressure to toughen up licensing laws for lapdance clubs.
Fuel subsidy for low-income families
09.42 Fri Aug 15 2008
The Government will issue vouchers up to £100 to help families on low-incomes with fuel bills, according to reports.
Youngsters struggling with literacy
15.27 Tue Aug 12 2008
Almost one in three 14-year-olds are failing to reach the standards expected of their age group in reading, Sats results have shown.
World News
16.36 Sat Aug 09 2008
Georgia declare state of war - Zimbabwe leaders to talk - US tourist stabbed to death in Beijing
Chinese security ahead of Games
18.53 Thu Aug 07 2008
Beijing residents need to declare personal interests to the Government, according to police in one part of the city.
Measles fears spark MMR push
06.58 Thu Aug 07 2008
Increasing cases of measles have triggered a fresh call for parents to make sure their children have had the MMR jab.
Sats row continues as results released
19.32 Tue Aug 05 2008
The proportion of 11-year-olds in England reaching the standard expected of them in maths and English has risen by 1 per cent this year.
Lords criticise terror detention plans
06.49 Tue Aug 05 2008
A Lords committee has criticised Government plans to extend the detention of terror suspects without charge to 42 days.
World News
18.32 Mon Aug 04 2008
16 killed in China grenade attack - Fritzl could face slavery charges - Dutch climbers rescued on K2
Government 'not doing well enough'
10.59 Fri Aug 01 2008
The Government is "not doing well enough" and needs to stop "sounding miserable" a senior Cabinet figure has admitted.
Changes to tipping laws
06.53 Thu Jul 31 2008
Customer tips in bars and restaurants will no longer be counted towards the pay of staff to bring them up to the minimum wage.
Call urging consumers to save
13.50 Thu Jul 24 2008
The Government has been urged to run a financial health campaign encouraging consumers to save rather than rely on debt.
6 per cent of hosptial admissions blamed on drink
22.34 Tue Jul 22 2008
More than 800,000 people a year are being admitted to hospital with alcohol-related injuries and illness
Cameron calls for Sats shake-up
15.03 Mon Jul 21 2008
David Cameron has demanded the Government drop the firm at the centre of the Sats fiasco.
Equitable victims 'should be compensated'
14.00 Thu Jul 17 2008
Over 1 million Equitable Life policyholders should get a Government apology and receive compensation for lost savings, a watchdog says.
Government 'backtracks on knife crime'
22.37 Mon Jul 14 2008
The Government has been accused of performing a humiliating U-turn over its plans to tackle knife crime.
Teachers to get new search powers
10.41 Mon Jul 14 2008
Teachers are to be given the power to search pupils for drugs and alcohol in a fresh crackdown on unruly behaviour in schools.
Government failing on carbon targets
09.44 Mon Jul 14 2008
The Government is lagging far behind its own targets to cut carbon emissions, a Parliamentary environment watchdog has said.
Gov't announces shock tactics for stabbers
20.05 Sun Jul 13 2008
The Government says young offenders caught with a knife are to be confronted with stabbing victims.
World News (Evening) for July 11th, 2008
17.19 Fri Jul 11 2008
Sudan officials could be arrested over Darfur - Prosecutors talk to Elizabeth Fritzl in Austria - China human rights
Road tax hikes to hit 9m motorists
22.51 Thu Jul 10 2008
More than 9 million motorists look set to be hit with higher road tax under reforms pushed through by the Government.
Biofuel introduction may be delayed
07.51 Tue Jul 08 2008
The Government has said it will "proceed cautiously" over the introduction of biofuels after report says policy could affect food prices.
Green light for car taxes
23.13 Wed Jul 02 2008
The Government has avoided a Commons defeat over controversial plans to increase car tax on the most polluting vehicles by up to £455.
Government bans Hezbollah military wing
13.42 Wed Jul 02 2008
The military wing of Lebanese political party Hezbollah has been placed on the Government's list of banned terrorist organisations.
Gurkhas lose pension legal battle
11.25 Wed Jul 02 2008
Former Gurkha soldiers who claimed they were denied pensions equal to other soldiers have lost their High Court battle.
Sharp rise in abortions for U-14s
16.22 Thu Jun 19 2008
The number of abortions among girls aged under 14 has risen 21 per cent, new figures have shown.
Hospitals face 'serious' nurse shortage
14.08 Tue Jun 17 2008
There is a "serious" shortage of nurses providing neonatal care and hospitals are struggling to meet demand, a committee of MPs have said.
Shock tactics used to curb binge drinking
11.06 Tue Jun 17 2008
A minimum price for alcohol has been proposed by the Scottish Government and a series of nationwide binge drinking ads have been launched.
NHS trusts 'fail to hit' hygiene goals
14.21 Mon Jun 16 2008
More than one in four NHS trusts are failing to meet Government standards on hygiene.
Government unveils new drink laws
19.19 Mon Jun 02 2008
New laws to combat underage drinking will be unveiled later by the Government.
Hand-held computers for police
11.39 Mon May 26 2008
A £50 million Government scheme to provide police forces with 10,000 hand-held computers has been unveiled.
Giant UK database considered
14.33 Tue May 20 2008
Ministers are on a collision course with civil liberties groups after it emerged they were to consider plans for a national database.
Giant UK database considered
23.36 Mon May 19 2008
Plans have been drawn up for a giant database of every phone call and email sent in the UK.
Darling makes 10p tax statement
22.28 Tue May 13 2008
Chancellor Alistair Darling has set out plans to compensate families who lost out when the 10p tax rate was scrapped.
Sticky mess for UK's fruit farmers
09.34 Tue May 13 2008
The quintessential British staple could be missing from our summer as farmers warn that strawberry pickers are in short supply.
Joss hits out at injured soldiers' treatment
16.27 Mon Apr 21 2008
Soul singer Joss Stone has hit out at the Government's treatment of injured army personnel.
Dragon star Bannatyne slams Government
14.25 Mon Apr 14 2008
Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne has criticised the Government's tax system.
Judge warns of family failures
09.05 Sat Apr 05 2008
A senior judge has blamed the Government for an "epidemic" of family failures which is causing "society's social ills".
Cigarette displays could be banned
22.51 Mon Mar 24 2008
The Government is considering plans to outlaw cigarettes from being displayed in shops.
State prisons 'outperform' private
07.40 Sat Jan 19 2008
Prisons run by the public sector are outperforming those that are privately-run, according to reports.
Government accused of pensions u-turn
14.21 Thu Dec 20 2007
The Government has been accused of "abandoning" a generation of older women after backtracking over proposed pension reforms.
Bluetongue outbreak confirmed
23.16 Fri Sep 28 2007
Deputy chief veterinarian officer Fred Landeg has confirmed that there is an outbreak of bluetongue livestock disease in England.
Hain: 'Do more to end child poverty'
15.22 Wed Sep 19 2007
The Government has admitted it needs to do "much more" to tackle child poverty.
Hain makes child poverty pledge
12.27 Wed Sep 19 2007
The Government has admitted that they need to do "much more" to tackle child poverty.
Second herd tests positive for FMD
21.18 Fri Sep 14 2007
A herd of cows culled on a second farm near Egham in Surrey have tested positive for foot and mouth disease.
Three bed-roomed houses to produce home packs
14.13 Mon Sep 10 2007
People living in three-bedroomed properties must now produce Home Information Packs under new measures announced by the Government.
Government eases foot-and-mouth restrictions
15.33 Thu Aug 30 2007
Eases in Government restrictions after the foot-and-mouth outbreak means livestock markets will resume from Monday.
Government slammed over Lebanon response
10.52 Mon Aug 13 2007
Britain's failure to call for an immediate Lebanon ceasefire "significantly damaged" the UK's reputation around the world, MPs have said.
Violent crime up by five per cent
17.07 Thu Jul 19 2007
Violent crime in Britain has risen by five per cent, latest figures have shown.
Cannabis could be reclassified
22.11 Wed Jul 18 2007
Cannabis may be moved from a Class C to a Class B drug, Prime Minister Gorden Brown has announced to ministers.
Government to help pension victims
21.27 Tue Jul 17 2007
The Government has vowed to help workers who lost out when their final salary pension schemes went bust.
Spin king Campbell reveals diaries
10.17 Tue Jul 10 2007
Some of the secrets of Tony Blair's time in Downing St are to be revealed as former spin doctor Alastair Campbell publishes his diaries.
Campbell diaries off Brown's reading list
20.07 Sun Jul 08 2007
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he has no plans to read the long-awaited diaries of former Number 10 spin doctor Alastair Campbell.
Government to legislate on breastfeeding
13.12 Tue Jun 12 2007
The Government is to propose that UK women should have the legal right to breastfeed in public.
Student debt at record levels
13.08 Mon Jun 11 2007
Student debt is reported to have risen above £3 billion for the first time following the introduction of top-up tuition fees.
Government to sell British Energy stake
13.54 Wed May 30 2007
The Department for Trade and Industry has said it plans to sell 25 per cent of its stake in British Energy.
Home planning rules under fire
10.49 Sat May 19 2007
Rules for people wanted to improve their homes could be scrapped under new Government proposals.
Thousands of post offices to close
13.04 Thu May 17 2007
The Government has signalled it intends to go ahead with the planned closure of 2,500 post offices.
Brown faces his rivals
07.00 Mon May 14 2007
Chancellor Gordon Brown has faced his rivals in the race for the Labour leadership and vowed not to repeat the mistakes of the past.
Government warned over home packs
13.32 Tue May 01 2007
The Government has been urged to take criticism 'seriously' over its plans for compulsory Home Information Packs.
Addicts turn Lemsip into 'crystal meth'
23.08 Tue Apr 24 2007
Addicts are turning flu drugs like Lemsip and Benylin into the lethal street narcotic "crystal meth, the government has revealed.
Schemes target 'families from hell'
13.38 Wed Apr 11 2007
Over 50 Government projects have been set up to help troublesome families who terrorise their neighbourhoods.
Hospital price rise 'will hit vulnerable'
20.21 Wed Apr 04 2007
A row has erupted after the company behind patient phone systems in hospitals announced a 160 per cent price hike.
Wales stubs out smoking in public places
07.37 Mon Apr 02 2007
Anyone caught lighting up in Wales now faces a fine after smoking in public places became illegal ahead of the English ban in July.
Council tax up 4.3%
12.17 Tue Mar 27 2007
The average council tax set by local authorities in England for 2007-08 for a Band D property will be £1,321.
MPs back all-elected second chamber
23.13 Wed Mar 07 2007
MPs haven broken decades of deadlock over House of Lords reform by backing a fully elected second chamber.
Tony Blair admits 'uncertainty'
21.41 Sun Mar 04 2007
Tony Blair has admitted his announcement to quit as Prime Minister this year has created a period of "uncertainty".