| RBS chairman rejects £1.4m bonus The Royal Bank of Scotland chairman, Sir Philip Hampton, has given up a £1.4m shares reward he was due later this year, the BBC learns. |
| Sun staff among five men arrested Four current and former Sun journalists and a police officer have been arrested by detectives investigating alleged corrupt payments. |
| Decapitation case pair in court Two brothers appear in court charged with the murder of a man who was found decapitated and burnt. |
| NHS 'in peril if shake-up fails' More than 50 GPs involved in the groups that will control have warned the NHS may be "in peril" if government changes are derailed. |
| Hamid Karzai in Britain for talks Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in the UK to discuss with Prime Minister David Cameron the departure of British forces. |
| Protest held over welfare changes Activists and disability campaign groups are staging a demonstration in opposition to the government's Welfare Reform Bill. |
| Sentamu attacks same-sex marriage Senior cleric John Sentamu says the government should not overrule the Bible when it comes to defining marriage. |
| Fines threat for credit messages Firms face raids and fines of up to £500,000 for sending unsolicited text messages about credit or compensation. |
| UK soldier killed in Afghanistan A British soldier has been shot dead while on patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence announces. |
| Bank scraps charity credit cards Halifax and Bank of Scotland charity credit cards which have helped to raise millions of pounds will be withdrawn, Lloyds Banking Group announces |
| Two arrested after death of boy Two people are arrested after the death of an 18-month-old boy in Stoke-on-Trent. |
| Hospital escape prisoner arrested A prisoner who escaped when two guards taking him to a Suffolk hospital were threatened at gunpoint is arrested. |
| Dickens house opens hidden nooks Closed sections of an Elizabethan town house in Kent featured in the work of Charles Dickens are opened to the public for one day only. |
| Paisley in pulpit for last time There was standing-room only at Martyrs' Memorial Church in Belfast at a farewell service for the Rev Ian Paisley. |
| Derry to host All-Ireland Fleadh Londonderry wins its bid to host the All-Ireland Fleadh in 2013. |
| 'Respect Elliott move' - Kennedy Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy says his party should respect the decision by party leader Tom Elliott to discipline David McNarry. |
| Murder suspect quizzed after fire Police are continuing to question a teenager on suspicion of murder after the death of a man in a fire in a village near Cardiff. |
| Student's death after meningitis A teenage student from Haverfordwest-based Pembrokeshire College dies after contracting meningitis. |
| Anger at Sheridan 'gagging order' Tommy Sheridan's lawyer accuses prison authorities of trying to ban him from speaking in public on his release from jail on Monday. |
| Olympic security test at football Security for the 2012 Olympics is tested at a Scottish football match at Hampden Park stadium this weekend. |
| Man wants burglar son imprisoned The father of a Nottingham burglar now convicted of assault says he should be sent to prison. |
| Police seek murder mobile footage Footage of the murder of a Merseyside man may have been captured on mobile phones, police say. |
| Pakistan humiliate abject England England are bowled out for only 72 to crumble to a 72-run defeat in the second Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and lose the three-match series. |
| FA cancels QPR-Chelsea handshake The FA confirms it cancelled the traditional handshake before the FA Cup fourth-round tie between Queens Park Rangers and Chelsea on Saturday. |
| Murray can be number one - Nadal Rafael Nadal says Andy Murray has the ability to become world number one in 2012 if the Scot improves his mental approach on the biggest stage. |
| The silence over gay footballers Amal Fashanu's uncle was Britain's only openly gay footballer. She tries to find the reasons behind 25 years of silence. |
| Quiz of the week's news The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions. |
| How the Daily Mail stormed the US The Daily Mail has overtaken the New York Times as the world's most popular newspaper website. How did it do it? |
| Parties clash over RBS boss bonus Ministers and Labour clash over who is responsible for RBS chief executive Stephen Hester's contract, amid anger about a £963,000 share bonus offer. |
| Doreen Lawrence attacks coalition The mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence says the government is not doing enough to tackle racism. |
| Osborne unveils UK financial bill The Chancellor George Osborne has revealed details about the new Financial Services Bill that will overhaul regulation of the sector. |
| VIDEO: House of Commons The government has said it will not allow any more time to debate a bill on moving UK time forward by an hour, despite calls from MPs on all sides of the House for it to do so. |
| VIDEO: Raised spirits on demolition site A team of demolition workers has discovered a ghostly image while knocking down a former boarding house. |
| VIDEO: Pupils try for Olympic ceremony The BBC meets some of the children auditioning to be among 900 pupils in the London Olympics opening ceremony. |
| VIDEO: Chocsprouts: The future of veg? A baker in Kent has created chocolate covered sprouts, because his son would not eat vegetables. |
| VIDEO: Crackdown on spam text messaging Companies who send out spam texts are being warned that investigating them is a high priority |
| VIDEO: Campaigners attack CSA fee plan Campaigners have said the Government's plans to to charge a fee for single parents to use the Child Support Agency are unfair |
| VIDEO: Protest over disability cuts Activists stage a "daring and disruptive act of civil disobedience" in opposition to the Government's controversial welfare reforms |
| AUDIO: Birds 'bouncing back' after mild winter It's the RSPB's annual Birdwatch this weekend but are the birds confused with the seasons after the recent spell of warm weather and if they are what effect is it having on them? |
| VIDEO: New African art gallery in London Tiwani Contemporary is a new space for all forms of African art that has just opened in central London. |
| From naval base to Olympic venue Former naval base becomes Olympic venue |
| Are garden birds leaving home? Where have the garden birds gone? |
| Boys' ballet free school planned Ballet-based school for boys bids for free school funding |
| New life of Holocaust survivors The child Holocaust survivors brought to Britain after WWII |
| The alternative map for 2012 visitors An alternative map for 2012 visitors |
| Helping families cope with scars of war The US homes for ill or wounded soldiers being adopted in the UK |
| Papers offer respite for bankers 'Witch-hunt' of bankers divides press |
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