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• Four deny charges over expenses - Three MPs and a peer tell a court they are not guilty of charges of false accounting in relation to their expenses claims.
• High-speed rail plans announced - Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are announced by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.
• Man, 64, dies after 'youth abuse' - A man with learning difficulties dies outside his Greater Manchester home after suffering years of abuse from youths.
• James Bulger's mother meets Straw - Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers.
• 'No giveaway Budget' says Darling - Chancellor Alistair Darling warns people not to expect a "giveaway" when he unveils the government's Budget later this month.
• Pinera sworn in as new quake hits - Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 7.2-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.
• Iraq PM takes early lead in poll - First results from Iraq's election show PM Nouri Maliki's grouping leading in two southern provinces, officials say.
• Pakistan kidnap boy not released - The Foreign Office says a five-year-old boy from Oldham kidnapped in Pakistan has not been released.
• Service to dedicate memorial wall - The prime minister attends a service to rededicate the Basra Memorial Wall following its relocation to Staffordshire.
• Man jailed for organic egg scam - A businessman is jailed for masterminding a scam which saw tens of millions of battery hen eggs sold as free-range or organic.
• Pink Floyd win EMI court ruling - Pink Floyd tracks may be removed from digital music services like iTunes after a High Court ruling.
• Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man, say Forbes - Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.
• Blue Peter dog is taking a final bow-wow after 14 years - Blue Peter dog Mabel, one of the show's longest-serving pets, is to retire after 14 years, it is announced.
• Ferguson issues Rooney challenge - Sir Alex Ferguson challenges Wayne Rooney to surpass Cristiano Ronaldo's 42-goal season for Manchester United.
• England beaten in World Cup semi - Reigning champions Germany end England's hopes of reaching the World Cup final with a 4-1 victory in their last-four clash.
• England to make late Broad call - England will make a last-minute call on the fitness of Stuart Broad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.
• How can anti-social behaviour be tackled? - Police are failing to record and tackle anti-social behaviour, according to a review. How can they improve?
• BBC School Report - Find out how thousands of schoolchildren across the UK have been reporting the news
• 'Jihad Jane' - Profile of Colleen LaRose, charged with terror offences
• Up... and up - Are we really ready to let go of the education balloons?
• Mardell's America - 'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gun
• Gomp/arts - Keeping up with the theatrical Joneses
• Brain power - Can neuroscience help us solve conflicts?
• Farming future - The dawning age of the agricultural automatons
• Doherty banned over manager crash - Musician Pete Doherty is banned from driving after admitting allowing his manager to use his car without insurance.
• Rail link 'must include Scotland' - The UK government's proposals for a high-speed rail link must include Scotland, the Scottish government says.
• Man jailed for killing ex-partner - A man is jailed for murdering his ex-girlfriend but his barrister claims she would still be alive if her 999 call had been handled differently.
• Pair guilty of homophobic murder - Two men are found guilty of murdering a County Tyrone supermarket manager because he was gay almost two years ago.
• Nigeria women protest at killings - Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last week's violence near Jos, where women and children were massacred.
• Biden tries to ease Mid-East row - US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.
• Hamas releases British journalist - Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.
• Burma annuls 1990 Suu Kyi poll win - Burma's leaders formally annul the National League for Democracy's 1990 election win, as more details of new poll laws emerge.
• Ukraine president forms coalition - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.
• Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars' - Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.
• HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft - About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.
• Cuts fears for secret agencies - The government has said the security services face "difficult choices" amid fears of impending spending cuts.
• Hospital rap over medicine errors - Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.
• Crackdown call over school cheats - Whistleblowing hotlines and random checks should be used to catch parents who cheat over school places, a report says.
• Scientists to review climate body - The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
• Take That star sorry for affairs - Take That star Mark Owen says he is "deeply sorry" for cheating on his partner of five years before they married in 2009.
• 'Console killer' launches in June - A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year.