The body of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lies in state at the Caracas military academy, after huge crowds watch a procession carrying his coffin.

Voting begins in the Mid-Ulster by-election to find a replacement for Martin McGuinness who resigned as MP for the constituency at the end of last year.

The UK faces a Supreme Court case over failure to clean up city air in line with EU laws.

Adidas, the world's second-largest sportswear firm, reports a loss for the final quarter of 2012 after writing down the value of its Reebok brand.

Hundreds of jobs are to go at a Warwickshire coal mine hit by an underground fire last month.

Welsh pop singer Bonnie Tyler says she is "honoured" to be the UK's representative at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden.

Campaigners trying to keep child heart surgery in Leeds win a legal challenge.

The proportion of single parent households in Britain has tripled over 40 years, the Office for National Statistics says.