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Celebrities including top chefs Gordon Ramsay and Michel Roux Jr hope to beat their personal bests - and each other - in the London Marathon.

Police try to identify a pedestrian who was hit by a private hire taxi and killed on a Glasgow road.

Burma's parliament reconvenes amid a boycott by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, as the European Union agrees to ease sanctions.

Twelve people become ill overnight in a Highland town in an incident being connected to illegal drug taking.

Prince Harry has told the BBC's Sue Barker that Prince William and his wife Kate will run the London Marathon in 2013.

Ken Clarke says changes to the European Court of Human Rights will reduce "frustration" over cases such as the proposed deportation of Abu Qatada.

Leonardo da Vinci's groundbreaking drawings of the human anatomy are to go on public display for the first time.

A Conservative MP calls for a referendum over plans to replace the House of Lords with elected members, which will be unveiled on Monday.

Investigators are trying to establish why two commuter trains crashed into each other near Amsterdam.

Peace envoy Kofi Annan welcomes the UN vote to deploy up to 300 observers in Syria as a "pivotal moment for the stabilisation" of the country.

The SDLP accuses the David Ford of playing "pinball politics" after he criticised the four biggest parties at the Alliance party conference.

A 47-year-old man arrested by police on suspicion of involvement in dissident republican activity is still being questioned.

The Scottish Trades Union Congress says the UK will become "poorer and more unstable", unless the coalition government changes its economic policy.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the eurozone it must make bold reforms to reassure financial markets.

The Home Office is taking seriously claims that MI5 betrayed Libyan dissidents to Gaddafi's spies in London.

Australia's parliamentary Speaker steps down amid claims of sexual harassment and fraud, putting Julia Gillard's fragile government under pressure.

An energy supplier apologises to a charity after sending a bill for almost £78,000 for one month's gas supply.

The beatboxer has been crowned the world's female beatbox champion three times - and she is still only 23 years old.

TV chef Jamie Oliver says Education Secretary Michael Gove is endangering pupils' nutrition by not controlling what food academy schools provide.

A double-decker intercity train crashed head on with a local train near Sloterdijk.