Authorities searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane widen their search, with the west coast of Malaysia now "the focus" of the hunt.
A meeting with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine will not happen until Moscow engages with US proposals on the crisis, the US secretary of state says.
Children in the UK are eating far too much salt, with much of it coming from breads and cereals, research suggests.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney is to be quizzed by MPs over claims some of the bank's officials knew about alleged foreign exchange rate fixing.
Postal voting is marred by "real fraud" and should be drastically scaled back, a Conservative MP says, but ministers insist it will not be scrapped.
A BBC study suggests there has been a big rise in the number of parents fined for taking their children out of school for holidays
MPs are set to debate a controversial measure which would give the Health Secretary the power to impose the closure of local hospital services.
There are significant variations across England and Wales in the way police and prosecutors deal with cases of domestic violence, figures show.
The US state of Colorado says it collected more than $2m in the first round of tax payments from newly legalized marijuana businesses.
The UK government is to allocate up to £185m on three international science projects.
New Zealand is to hold a referendum on whether to change the 'post-colonial' national flag, Prime Minister John Key announces.
Four new woodlands are set to be created across the UK as part of a Woodland Trust project to commemorate the centenary of World War One.
Pop star Cheryl Cole confirms she is to rejoin ITV's The X Factor, along with the show's creator Simon Cowell, for a 12th series.
Elephants are able to work out ethnicity, gender and age from the sound of a human voice, according to a study.
Some papers lead on the claims made in court about former Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans, while the Sun says Cheryl Cole is returning to ITV's X Factor.
Joe Root will miss the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh after fracturing his thumb in the last one-day international against West Indies.
Andy Murray survives a scare to beat Czech youngster Jiri Vesely in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
England coach Stuart Lancaster is likely to name an unchanged team for the decisive Six Nations meeting with Italy on Saturday.
Jump racing's showpiece Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday with more than 230,000 people expected to attend the four-day meeting.
Visually impaired Winter Paralympic champion Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans needed counselling to stay on track for gold.
The UK's winter floods have given the jobs market an 'unexpected boost', says recruitment firm Manpower.
As the British Chambers of Commerce predicts a growth in the economy this summer, the BBC's George Alagiah reports from West Lothian, Scotland, on the differing fortunes of the local community.
A Royal Air Force reconnaissance aircraft will fly missions to Poland and Romania to monitor the crisis in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence says.
Young people need to be encouraged to keep greyhound racing going, says a Labour MP who owns seven dogs.
The NHS has lost nearly 4,000 senior nursing posts since 2010, putting patient care at risk, warns the Royal College of Nursing.
A robotic companion is helping children with autism learn and develop communication skills.
England is a nation divided into readers and watchers, a report on adult literacy says.
An anorexic teenager was prevented from returning to school because staff feared other girls would copy her, her mother claims.
Mt Gox, the troubled Japanese bitcoin exchange, wins bankruptcy protection to temporarily halt US legal action alleging fraud.
The first great white shark seen to cross the Atlantic may be pregnant, the head of the expedition tracking it says.
Dr Paolo Bombelli, a biochemist at the University of Cambridge, discusses how moss was used to power a radio.
American writer George Saunders is named the first winner of the Folio Prize for his "darkly playful" short stories, Tenth of December.
Border Tales, written by Luca Silvestrini, uses dance theatre to explore the issues of immigration.
The government takes the big step of decriminalising the sale of unfortified margarine.
A century ago a painting in the National Gallery was slashed by a suffragette who objected to the way men stood around gawping at it.
Fracking protesters ordered to move from a camp near a drilling site in Salford are seeking a right to appeal against an eviction hours before they must leave.
A man dies and two others are feared to be missing after a speedboat overturned off the Suffolk coast.
A mass walkout of workers at the Faslane and Coulport naval bases on the Clyde is expected later in a dispute over pay.
An American woman who killed her three children in Edinburgh is found dead in a secure hospital in Nottinghamshire.
A man in his 20s has been shot in both legs in an attack at a house in Londonderry.
A soldier is arrested on suspicion of murder after a corporal is found dead at an army barracks in Shropshire.
The former deputy speaker of the House of Commons sexually abused young men in Parliament and at the Conservative Party conference, a court hears.
A rugby coach who attacked a linesman during an under-14 match is sent on an anger management course.
Oscar Pistorius is physically sick during his murder trial as he hears evidence from a post-mortem examination on his girlfriend's body.
More than 1,000 people have protested in South Sudan's capital, Juba, accusing the UN of arming rebels - a charge it denies.
A Japanese scientist behind a seemingly groundbreaking stem cell study says the findings should be withdrawn amid doubts over its quality.
A man is arrested and charged for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs into a prison using a drone, Australian police say.
Uli Hoeness, president of European football champions Bayern Munich, admits in court that he defrauded the German tax authorities of 18m euros (£15m; $25m).
Police should not have fired rubber bullets at migrants during an incident in which 15 people drowned, Spain's interior minister admits.
Electoral authorities in El Salvador order a recount of all votes in the unexpectedly close presidential election as both candidates claim victory.
Officials in Michoacan, Mexico say that they have shot dead drug lord Nazario Moreno - The Craziest One - who was reported killed in 2010.
A group of Greek Orthodox nuns held for three months by rebels in Syria after being taken from their convent in Maaloula arrive back in Damascus.
Prime Minister Netanyahu shows his anger at the West as he unveils a shipment of weapons Israel says were being sent from Iran to Gaza.
A US army judge says the military may have improperly pressed ahead with the sex crimes trial of a US army general.
The US Supreme Court rejects an appeal which sought to ban students in Pennsylvania from wearing controversial breast cancer awareness bracelets.
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David Cameron says there is still an opportunity for Russia to resolve the Crimea crisis.
Tensions remain high in the Crimean capital as Russia cements its control in the region ahead of Sunday's referendum to join Russia.
Former England international Sol Campbell says abuse he got from fans in his playing days was "sick".
There are significant variations across England and Wales in the way police and prosecutors deal with cases of domestic violence, figures show.
Stars of the theatre share memories of the Belfast-born actor Jimmy Ellis who died on Saturday at the age of 82.
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger plane has been widened amid growing frustration among relatives of those missing.
Two Newcastle United footballers go back to school to give pupils lessons in French.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, says he is hoping a major conference in Rome next month will lift the lid on the ''hidden'' problem of human trafficking.
Schools must consider the financial situation of families after a teenage pupil is punished for wearing the wrong shoes, an AM says.
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