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US car giant General Motors reports a sharp drop in quarterly profits, in part due to its loss-making European operations.

A large-scale Olympic security exercise has been taking place, forming the basis of military advice to the government for the 2012 Games.

The insurer Aviva loses the vote on executive pay at its shareholders' meeting, with investors angry about bosses' bonuses.

A professional golfer from Wales has been recognised for her role as a successful Muslim woman in sport.

Dame Monica Mason, director of the Royal Ballet, says that any dance company director who claims never to have worked with an anorexic performer is lying.

Newly released papers from Osama Bin Laden's hideout reveal a frustrated al-Qaeda leader struggling to master an unruly network, the US military says.

Exasperated road users in the Colombian capital are using Facebook to map potholes and help local authorities prioritise repairs.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on Friday 11 May, the inquiry says.

12 days after the London Marathon ended, Claire Lomas is still on the course trying to complete it.

Roy Hodgson has been mocked for saying "r" as "w". But is this an appropriate subject for humour?

Political leaders in Belfast and Dublin strongly criticise the head of Ireland's Catholic Church for his refusal to resign over a paedophile priest scandal.

Football commentator Garth Crooks reckons UK sports minister Hugh Robertson's threatened boycott of the Euro 2012 games in Ukraine "won't achieve anything".

Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer are joined by guest pundits Jurgen Klinsmann and Clarence Seedorf to look back at some memorable moments from past European Championships as BBC Sport launches its coverage of the 2012 event in Poland and Ukraine.

An independent report calls for satellite tracking of serious sex offenders following the case of Aberdeen offender Ryan Yates.

The brother of a disabled girl who died after an alleged sexual assault has convictions for assault, indecency, and burglary, a court hears.

A British man who has been totally blind for many years has had part of his vision restored after surgery to fit a pioneering eye implant.

The website of the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency is taken offline following a cyber-attack.

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he has been unable to meet US officials to discuss his desire to leave the country, he tells the BBC.

Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter Eugenia says a hunger strike is the only way her mother can highlight her treatment by Ukraine authorities

The body in charge of setting MPs' salaries and pensions launches a public consultation on whether MPs are giving taxpayers value for money.