Head teachers in England criticise arrangements for scoring this year's Sats tests taken by 11-year-olds.

SABMiller reports annual pre-tax profits of $5.6bn boosted by the sale of units in Russian and Ukraine.

Schools are to receive a share of £32.4m in funding to help the least well-off pupils, based on the number eligible for free meals.

The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, more than previously estimated, revised figures show.

A record number of offenders sentenced for serious crimes had committed previous offences, according to figures for 2011.

A leading pathologist tells the BBC police should reconsider the possibility that intelligence officer Gareth Williams died alone following the emergence of new evidence.

A lobbyist for by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation tells the Leveson Inquiry he did nothing "inappropriate" in contacting Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser.

Net migration to the UK remains more than double the government's target figure, according to new statistics.