Researchers release the first microscope image of Olympicene, a molecule that resembles the five rings of the Olympics logo.

Waltham Forest Council in east London suspends its policy of rehousing residents long distances away.

Special envoy Kofi Annan is heading for Syria, a day after the UN condemned it over the Houla massacre, in which more than 100 people died.

A huge fire breaks out at a chemical processing plant in south-east London, sending smoke billowing over the city.

Hargreaves Services issues a profit warning after being forced to abandon a new block of coal at its Maltby Colliery in South Yorkshire.

The government should do more to encourage private pension funds to invest in public sector infrastructure projects, the CBI says.

BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles is given a huge cheer as he carries the Olympic torch through Aberystwyth as it makes its way to Bangor.

A couple who locked an 11-year-old boy in a converted coal bunker in Blackpool are jailed for two years each.