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Carmaker Toyota is recalling 400,000 hybrid cars worldwide, including 8,500 in the UK, because of braking problems.
Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, announces he is to step down as head of the City regulator.
The BBC reveals it paid £229m to its performers who broadcast on radio and television last year - more than 6% of the licence fee.
Iran has begun the process of enriching uranium to 20% at its plant at Natanz in defiance of the West, state media says.
The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow Airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says.
Gordon Brown is facing a backbench rebellion over plans for a referendum on changing Britain's voting system.
A man branded a "wannabe suicide bomber" will not face a retrial on terrorism charges after a conviction is quashed.
Children as young as five are being targeted in an online safety campaign.
Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne is quizzed by police for the second time in two days after a disturbance at a hotel.
Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility wanes at a certain age.
Actress Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie are to reprise the roles of Kat and Alfie in EastEnders this autumn, it is announced.
The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl is the most-watched programme in US TV history, early figures show.
Portsmouth say they are close to reaching an agreement to avoid being wound up in the High Court.
Centre Riki Flutey is declared fit for selection for England's second Six Nations match against Italy.
West Ham owner David Sullivan says the club faces "Armageddon" if they are relegated from the Premier League.
Children as young as five are being targeted in a new online safety campaign. Is this the right approach?
What now for race relations in the police force?
Hero pilot on the Heathrow crash landing
Child web safety: Which browser should you choose?
Will Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko challenge outcome?
Benicio Del Toro's werewolf film goes back to basics
Could frankincense be used to treat cancer?
Police investigate the death of a woman whose skeleton was found wrapped in carpet at a Manchester building site.
An inquiry begins to establish the extent of human trafficking in Scotland and whether victims have enough protection.
New shopping centre developers are "frustrated" at trying to persuade a government agency to move from the site.
Three people are being questioned by police over the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll last year.
Nigerian senators pass a motion that sick President Umaru Yar'Adua should hand power to his deputy.
Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death.
Protesters calling for the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit block Palestinian visitors to an Israeli jail.
The Philippines charges 196 people with murder over a pre-election massacre in Maguindanao province which left 57 dead.
Members of Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc say it will contest the conduct of Ukraine's presidential vote after her reported defeat.
The wife of arrested former presidential candidate, Gen Sarath Fonseka, says she has no idea where he is.
Activity in the UK housing market was frozen by the icy weather in January, surveyors say, but prices continued to rise.
Health Secretary Andy Burnham denies planning a £20,000 compulsory inheritance levy to help pay for social care for the elderly in England.
Lingering residue from tobacco smoke that clings to upholstery, clothing and the skin releases cancer-causing agents, warn experts.
MPs say entry requirements for teacher training courses in England are too low and damage the status of the profession.
The Cassini probe returns yet more data to back up the idea of a sub-surface sea on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Actor Charlie Sheen is charged with assaulting and threatening his wife Brooke Mueller during an argument on Christmas Day.
A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.
