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Syrian government forces renew their attack on the city of Homs as international mediator Kofi Annan says civilians are trapped there.

Justice Minister David Ford announces a review of sentencing in murder cases in Northern Ireland.

Member states of the European Southern Observatory organisation green-light the project to build the world's biggest optical telescope.

The jail piloting drug treatment for sex offenders

An experiment that is using drugs to treat high-risk sex offenders at Whatton Prison in Nottinghamshire appears to be yeilding results.

The decision by NHS doctors to strike over pensions will damage patient care, says health secretary Andrew Lansley.

Maths and science in primary schools in England are going to be made more demanding, in a curriculum review.

The Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Olli Rehn is holding a news briefing which is expected to include comments about Spain's bank bailout.

The US temporarily pulls out of talks with Pakistan over re-opening vital supply routes to the Nato-led forces in Afghanistan.

A legal team from The Hague has reportedly been jailed in Libya after being detained over a visit to Muammar Gaddafi's imprisoned son Saif al-Islam.

Up to 10 smaller higher education institutions in England are eligible to become universities under changes announced by the government.

The father of Mohamed Merah, the Islamist gunman killed by French police after shooting seven people, sues over his son's "murder".

Chancellor George Osborne says it would be "complete nonsense" to believe there was a "vast conspiracy" to hand control of BSkyB to Rupert Murdoch.

Mali could become a home for terrorist groups which could threaten the region, France's President Francois Hollande warns.

Captain Andrew Strauss says England lacked intensity in the third Test and need to sharpen up against South Africa.

The Olympic torch arrives at Balmoral Castle carried by Lauren Fraser.

Syrian government forces have renewed their attack on the city of Homs as international mediator Kofi Annan says civilians are trapped there.

An Edinburgh pharmaceutical company linked to a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak is ordered to thoroughly clean one of its cooling towers.

Part of the iconic Red Road flats complex in Glasgow has been blown down in a controlled explosion. BBC Newsnight has filmed the demolition from different perspectives.

A married couple are sentenced to 10 years in prison for kidnapping a five-year-old British boy from Pakistan in March 2010.