The Royal Mail promises to paint a postbox gold in cycling champion Laura Trott's home town after first painting one in the wrong town.

A 28-year-old man is charged with the murder of a mother-of-three who died after she was stabbed to death in a taxi in Birmingham.

An open-air light show involving hundreds of runner in special LED suits is the opening event of the Edinburgh International Festival.

An independent panel of experts says the increase in university tuition fees in England is affecting applications, with a "clear drop" in the numbers.

Libya's interim rulers hand power to the country's newly elected national assembly following the first post-Gaddafi polls.

The Bank of England cuts its growth forecast to near zero from about 0.8% predicted in May, as the double-dip recession intensifies.

Interpreters from a private firm have been working in courts in England and Wales without criminal record checks, the BBC is told.

Inaccurate counters on pumps at petrol stations mean drivers are getting up to 4.4% more fuel than they have paid for, the AA says.