Up to 80,000 people will descend on the Olympic Stadium later for the start of the athletics, as Team GB hope to add to their five Games golds - three of them won on Thursday.

A blunder has allowed some pupils to find out their exam results several days early, BBC Scotland learns.

A woman who appeared in India's Olympic contingent in the opening ceremony in London apologises for an "error of judgement".

The Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats all suffered a fall in income in the year after the 2010 election, official figures show.

Liberal Democrat sources say reform of the House of Lords is "non-negotiable", amid reports David Cameron is to abandon plans for electing members.

British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist Sir John Keegan has died, aged 78.

Police in the US believe pop star Miley Cyrus may have been the victim of a "swatting" prank, which saw armed police called to her home.

The justice secretary writes to the coroner leading the inquest into the murder of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, to raise concerns about its cost.