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Training begins for a pioneering UK project to search for life in a lake hidden beneath the Antarctic ice-sheet.

LJ Rich reports on why what you do online could result in preferential treatment in shops, restaurants and hotels.

A genetic test could help predict breast cancer many years and even decades before the disease is diagnosed, research suggests.

Who is responsible for content on the internet? Claire Perry MP, chair of the Internet Porn Inquiry and Nicholas Lansman of the Internet Service Providers ISP Association, debate the ISP ban on file sharing website Pirate Bay.

Holders Wigan face arch rivals St Helens in the last eight of the Challenge Cup, while Championship side Leigh host Super League champions Leeds.

Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics and Paolo Nutini are to represent the four UK nations at a concert to mark the start of the Olympics.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says Manchester United remain title favourites, despite his side's 1-0 derby victory.

First quarter profits at oil giant BP slip, but the firm says it will reach its $20bn target for its Gulf compensation fund ahead of schedule.

Labour activists hold marches and rallies in Europe and around the world to mark May Day at a time of austerity and social unrest.

Lloyds Banking Group reports three month profits of £288m and sets aside an extra £375m to pay for payment protection insurance compensation.

Former nursing student One Goh denies killing seven people in a shooting rampage at a California university, as he appears in court.

Cannabis farmers across the UK steal electricity costing about £200m every year to grow their illegal crops, according to new figures.

Learning a second language can boost brain power, scientists believe.

UN leader Ban Ki-moon meets opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time in Burma, on a visit aimed at encouraging more democratic reforms.

The family of a Londonderry woman murdered by her ex-partner while she was pregnant with his child describe her killer as an "animal".

Police investigating the death of a vulnerable pensioner arrest a 31-year-old man on suspicion of murder.

Martin Clayton, senior curator of the Royal Collection, shows Fergus Walsh some of the highlights from the largest ever exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of the human body.

The Welsh government prepares a publicity offensive to explain its plans for the NHS after a report sets out the case for centralised services.

One World Trade Center - the building replacing the twin towers destroyed on September 11th - has claimed the title of New York's tallest skyscraper, overtaking the Empire State Building.

Water supplies are restored to about 500 properties in Fife after a mains pipe was damaged by contractors.