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The British army is to set up a military academy in Afghanistan from 2013 to train members of the country's growing armed forces.

Former captain Michael Vaughan says England need to freshen up their top order after a run of four straight Test defeats to subcontinental sides.

A general strike is under way in Spain as unions oppose reforms the government says are essential to boost the economy.

24 hours of news photos 29 March

The BBC's Stephanie McGovern takes a tour of Google's Tech Campus in Old Street, London.

A taxi driver is remanded in custody following a collision with eight pedestrians - including six railway workers - in the centre of Cardiff.

The parfumier Jean-Paul Guerlain is fined 6,000 euros for making racist comments on television in 2010.

A report into a brutal attack on two boys by two young brothers in South Yorkshire fails to provide answers, the education secretary says.

Nato, coastguards and search and rescue authorities are blamed in a report into the deaths of 63 Libyan refugees on a small boat.

The puppet company behind the hit stage production War Horse gives a first glimpse of its new show based on Ted Hughes' dark and mythical Crow poems.

The identities of 200 barristers and solicitors' firms in Northern Ireland who were paid nearly £70m in legal aid fees are revealed.

Sir Alex Ferguson says Manchester City's dominant start to the Premier League season counts for nothing at this stage of the campaign.

HRT's Narain Karthikeyan describes Sebastian Vettel as a "cry baby" for criticising the Indian after the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Chancellor George Osborne vows to make the UK the "technology centre of Europe" as he opens a new east London technology hub, Google Campus.

The UK economy will contract in the first three months of 2012, taking the country back into recession, an international think tank suggests.

The government's nuclear power strategy has been hit after German energy giants RWE and E.On abandon plans to build two new plants.

Two UK-developed telescopes are used to make a colossal picture of our Milky Way Galaxy, to reveal the detail of a billion stars.

The Barotseland royal household in western Zambia says it wants independence, accusing the government of ignoring a 1964 treaty.

Co-operative chief executive Peter Marks says there are significant issues to be overcome if the deal to buy 632 branches of Lloyds is to go ahead.

The government advises motorists to refill tanks when half empty, as Labour calls for an apology over the handling of a threatened fuel drivers strike.