The UN secretary general says there may not be a military solution to Syria's conflict, though both sides seem intent on defeating the other by force.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is presented with America's highest civilian award, as the US lifts sanctions on Burma's president.

Some 600,000 people are set to be enrolled into a workplace pension by the end of the year under a system that automatically diverts funds from their wages.

Schools in England must do more to ensure funding from the pupil premium is targeted to the disadvantaged pupils it is intended for, Ofsted says.

The number of NHS trusts in debt in England has more than doubled in a year - although overall the health service finished 2011-12 in surplus.

The widow of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has told the BBC she hopes an inquest will find the truth about what happened to him.

The police watchdog says it has found more than 50 cases where officers and staff have allegedly taken sexual advantage of members of the public.

A British servicewoman gives birth to a baby boy at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, having not realised she was pregnant.