Doping experts have yet to find an effective test to uncover athletes using the gases xenon and argon to boost performance, as a ban is introduced.

Teaching of a "tough" new national curriculum begins in England as children return to school this week.

A man who admitted killing a knife-wielding robber who took his son's iPhone is jailed for six years.

A 39-year-old man pleads not guilty to the religiously aggravated assault of MP George Galloway in a London street.

A plan for an island airport in the Thames Estuary, dubbed "Boris Island", looks set to be shelved, the BBC understands.

Conservative MP for Dudley South Chris Kelly announces he will stand down at the 2015 general election after one term.

A boy with a brain tumour whose parents took him from a hospital against medical advice had everything he needed to be safe, his brother says.

Israel unveils plans to take 400 hectares of land in the West Bank, triggering criticism from the Palestinians and the US.