Rescue after deadly Indonesia quake
3 July 2013 Last updated at 05:31 Dozens were injured by collapsing buildings in Bener Meriah, one of the worst-hit areas Rescue operations are under way after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit...
View ArticlePakistan drone strike ‘kills 17′
3 July 2013 Last updated at 08:37 At least 17 people have been killed in a suspected US drone strike on a compound in north-west Pakistan, Pakistani officials say. At least two missiles were fired at...
View ArticleLib Dems ‘seek 2016 Trident sub cut’
3 July 2013 Last updated at 06:00 By James Landale Deputy political editor The future of Britain’s Trident nuclear programme has split the coalition The Liberal Democrats are considering calling for...
View ArticlePress watchdog charter not imminent
3 July 2013 Last updated at 09:26 Press regulation faced intense scrutiny after the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World A royal charter to regulate the press will not be introduced until...
View ArticleOfgem urges energy theft crackdown
3 July 2013 Last updated at 07:03 Ofgem estimates a third of stolen electricity powers cannabis farms in the UK The energy regulator wants power firms to do more to combat electricity theft, a third...
View ArticleBone marrow ‘frees men of HIV drugs’
3 July 2013 Last updated at 09:32 By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Two patients have been taken off their HIV drugs after bone-marrow transplants seemed to clear the virus from...
View ArticleArmy reservists to get £40m of kit
3 July 2013 Last updated at 03:10 The Army plans to reduce its regular fighting force to 82,000 by 2017 Army reservists are to be given £40m of new kit and more overseas training, Defence Secretary...
View ArticleSnowden suspicion jet ‘can fly home’
3 July 2013 Last updated at 10:25 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Footage shows the Bolivian president Evo Morales waiting inside Vienna airport, as Steve Rosenberg...
View Article‘Health tourists’ face NHS charge
3 July 2013 Last updated at 08:13 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt: “It is a national health service not an international health service”...
View ArticleEgypt tense as army deadline looms
3 July 2013 Last updated at 10:02 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. In a late-night appeal for calm, Mr Morsi said he would give his life for Egypt Tensions are high in...
View ArticleHouse prices ‘up 3.7% in a year’
4 July 2013 Last updated at 10:12 The Halifax survey suggests increasing activity in the housing market House prices are rising at their fastest annual rate for nearly three years, according to one of...
View ArticleTech-levels ‘to have A-level status’
4 July 2013 Last updated at 10:23 By Judith Burns BBC News education reporter The aim is to give vocational education the same status as academic study says the government Technical courses for 16 to...
View ArticleOverfilled kettles ‘waste millions’
4 July 2013 Last updated at 04:06 Some 40% of people boiled water five times a day or more, the study found Three-quarters of British households overfill their kettles, wasting a total of £68m each...
View ArticleFrance apology in Bolivia jet row
3 July 2013 Last updated at 23:02 Bolivian protesters threw stones at the French embassy in La Paz and burned the French and European flags France has apologised to Bolivia for refusing to allow...
View ArticleMan dies from new coronavirus in UK
4 July 2013 Last updated at 10:31 More than half the patients infected have died A man infected with the novel Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-nCV) has died in a UK hospital. The...
View ArticleMilitary funeral for Drummer Rigby
4 July 2013 Last updated at 09:16 Drummer Lee Rigby’s funeral is to take place in Bury, Greater Manchester A military funeral for Drummer Lee Rigby is to take place in Greater Manchester on 12 July....
View ArticlePrisoners to be moved closer to home
4 July 2013 Last updated at 06:21 Ministers want every offender to be supervised on release Offenders in England and Wales will be moved to prisons near where they live before they are released, under...
View ArticleMore flood defence spending urged
4 July 2013 Last updated at 04:09 By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst Defra said it was working on long-term projects to protect homes and businesses Flood defence spending is still not high enough...
View ArticleNews Corp defends Murdoch over tapes
4 July 2013 Last updated at 00:52 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. An excerpt of the recording obtained by Exaro website and broadcast on Channel 4 News News Corp has...
View ArticleEgypt swears in new interim leader
4 July 2013 Last updated at 10:21 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. General Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi makes the televised announcement The top judge of Egypt’s Constitutional...
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