Kenya Urges AU To Act On Mugabe

Politics
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has urged the African Union to suspend Robert Mugabe until he allows free and fair elections. More

News
Fire-fighters in Northern California are struggling to contain wildfires that have been burning for more than a week. More

Business
A French court has fined eBay for allowing online auctions of fake LVMH goods. More

A Chinese businessman has won the right to have lunch with Warren Buffett after bidding $2.1m (£1m) with the proceeds going to charity. More

Technology
New guidelines for how internet service providers (ISP's) should combat spam have been published. More

Tories Win By-Election To Compound PM Misery

Politics
Conservative leader David Cameron hailed an ''excellent result'' in the Henley by-election as they increased their majority and beat Labour into fifth. More

David Davis the former Conservative shadow cabinet member launched his campaign in his forthcoming by-election by saying that the voters terrify Brown. More

Gordon Brown marks his first year in office as PM and says it's business as usual. More

News
The Duchess of Cornwall visited Blackpool today to attend a celebration of the UK's armed forces on National Veterans Day. More

Business
The story of the activist shareholding nun from Texas. More

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Positive Discrimination Pushed By Harman

Politics
Equality minister Harriet Harman has set out plans for positive discrimination in the work place in favour of women and ethnic minority job candidates. More

In the wake of the law lords' ruling last week concerning anonymous witnesses and the defendants need to know who was testifying against them; Jack Straw Justice Minister has revealed to MP's a new drafting of 'emergency' witness law. More

Business
Five airlines have agreed to pay fines totalling $504m (£253m) after an investigation by the US Justice Department. More

Entertainment
Will Smith has given his backing to Obama and tells why. More

Technology
A change in the way people navigate the internet has been given the green light after the net's regulator Icann voted unanimously to relax the strict rules governing the so-called ''top level'' domains. More

Mugabe Stripped Of Honorary Knighthood

Politics
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been stripped of his honorary Knighthood by the Queen. More

News
The countries top Asian police officer is preparing a legal case against the Metropolitan Police. More

Nelson Mandela this week meets the Queen as part of a UK visit marking his 90th birthday. More

Entertainment
Sacha Baron Cohen better known as Ali G has been invited to join the prestigious Oscar panel. More

Paddington Bear fans celebrate the popular character's 50th anniversary with a party. More

New Chairman For HMRC

Business
Private equity executive Mike Clasper joins HMRC as the new Chairman. Mr Clasper is former Chief Executive of BAA. More

US carrier United Airlines sheds 950 pilots as spiralling fuel costs and weak consumer spending hit earnings. More

News
Sir Alan Sugar boss of Amstrad has according to recent newspaper reports been considered by Labour party insiders as a possible candidate for London mayor. More

Politics
The government are considering a new police border force it has been revealed. More

Entertainment
Comedian Patrick Kielty has escaped a driving ban despite being caught driving at over 100mph. More

The World United Against Mugabe

Politics
As the Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announces he will no longer fight for the presidency the world meets in New York to discuss the developments there. More

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg puts his view that Britain should be prepared to intervene to prevent ''malicious negligence'' by foreign states on their people. More

Technology
The net could face its biggest shake-up in decades if plans to open up the address system are passed. More

Business
How Brits in Spain are faring with a strong Euro and the cost of inflation. More

Politics
Which British politician is happy to be compared to a Chihuahua? More

UK To Hold on EU Ratification Until Court Result

Politics
Gordon Brown has said Britain will not ratify the EU Treaty until the High Court rules on a case to force a British referendum. More

The Conservatives are threatening legal action over a Lib Dem leaflet in the Henley by-election. More

The police have abandoned a court action against the government to back date a pay award to last September. More

Business
June 27 will be just like any other day for most but not for Microsoft's Bill Gates. It's the day he steps down as Executive Chairman. More

Entertainment
The latest recipients of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have been announced. More

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When No Means Not Yet?

Politics
EU leaders are refusing to set a deadline on the stalled Lisbon Treaty. More

Its the clash of the Mayors as both London Mayor Boris Johnson and his predecessor argue over Olympics cost. More

News
Sweden's parliament has passed what is described as Europe's most far reaching eavesdropping plan. More

Business
The FBI have arrested 406 as part of a crack down on mortgage fraud. More

Final preparations are underway for the first round-Britain powerboat race in 24 years. More

'Davis Should Fund By-Election' - Burnham

Politics
Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has said that David Davis should foot the £80,000 bill for the by-election he forced by resigning as an MP. More

Labour have confirmed that they will not contest the by-election forced by the ex-shadow home secretary David Davis. More

Business
Fuel tanker drivers have called off their campaign of industrial action after being awarded 14% over two years. More

News
Prince Harry was amongst 200 servicemen gathered in Edinburgh to remember comrades killed during deployment in Afghanistan. More

Technology
Experts warn we could face destruction of the internet. More

Lost Secret Files On Ministers PC

Politics
A computer in the office of communities secretary and Salford MP Hazel Blears has been stolen. The PC contained constituency and government information. More

Conservative chairman Caroline Spelman is to be investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog over her use of expenses to pay her nanny. More

All government ministers have given up their 2008 pay rise it has been announced by Downing Street. More

Education
An academic from a world-famous university has told the BBC that degrees are being awarded to students with little or no English language skills. More

Entertainment
Oscar winner Stan Winston creator of special effects for movies such as Aliens, Jurassic Park and Terminator has died aged 62. More

President Bush Warns Iran

Politics
Gordon Brown and President GW Bush have warned Iran to accept their ''offers of friendship'' or face sanctions. More

President GW Bush visited Northern Ireland and spoke of the progress and reconciliation achieved. More

News
A UK hacker fighting deportation to the US has his case heard in the House of Lords. More

Business
California takes the lead in America with the hydrogen car. More

Entertainment
Have you ever wished to ask William Shatner a question? A selection of the best questions will be put to him later in the week. More

Fuel Tanker Drivers Plan Second Strike

Business
As the effects of their first begins to bite tanker drivers have made the necessary legal steps to hold another four day strike from next Friday. More

Politics
Ex-Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie has said he will stand in the by-election on a national security platform against David Davis if Labour does not. More

David Davis has said his surprise resignation is not a ''moment of madness''. More

The UK government are to press ahead with the Lisbon Treaty ratification despite the Irish voters saying no. More

Entertainment
Lee McQueen is The Apprentice and Sir Alan Sugar looks back at this series and the candidates. More

Shadow Home Secretary Resigns as MP

Politics
David Davis the Shadow Home Secretary has resigned as an MP and is to fight the by-election in his constituency on the 42 day terror detention limit. More

After many months of arm-twisting and phone calls Gordon Brown has got his way with the 42 day terror detention limit. More

News
Police are investigating the ''serious'' security breach as an unnamed cabinet official lost top-secret terror files on a train. More

Business
Talks aimed to prevent a fuel tanker driver strike have failed and the walkout planned for 6.00am Friday morning looks likely. More

Entertainment
A record 10 million tune in to see Lee McQueen hear the words, ''You're hired'' on The Apprentice final screened last night. More

Last Ditch Talks To Avert Tanker Strike

Business
Talks aimed to avert a planned strike by fuel tanker drivers are continuing. More

News
Two lorry drivers have been killed as fuel strikes continue in Spain and Portugal. More

The new cities rising from the desert in Saudi Arabia. More

Politics
With the battle for the White House about to begin who are the two main candidates? More

Entertainment
Tonight is this seasons final of The Apprentice with Sir Alan Sugar deciding who it will be. This year is unusual that four candidates remain to fight it out to hear the immortal words, ''You're hired''. More

Terror Vote Too Close To Call

Politics
The forthcoming vote on the extension of terror detention to 42 days is looking ''very, very tight'', says Home Office minister Tony McNulty. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has been recalled from a visit to Israel to attend the vote. More

Business
Drivers have been urged by the government against panic-buying of fuel prior to a strike by fuel tanker drivers. More

News
A member of the Indiana National Guard who sent on R&R by his commanding officer whilst in Iraq went AWOL and is now awaiting deportation to the US from Canada as a deserter. More

BBC investigation uncovers Iraq missing billions. More

Just why did dolphins beach themselves en-masse on the Cornish coast? More

Union Looks To Cut MP Funding

Politics
The GMB union is set to cut its funding of Labour party MP's to a third says general secretary Paul Kenny. More

Conservative Party chairman Caroline Spelman is to meet the parliamentary standards commissioner to discuss allegations of misuse of expenses. More

Millionaire Stuart Wheeler takes the UK government to the High Court over the decision not to hold a referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty. More

News
The government has backed plans for congestion charging in Manchester. More

Spanish hauliers go on strike over fuel prices. More

Obama And Clinton In Surprise Talks

Politics
As Barack Obama seemingly clinches the Democratic nomination for the presidential run-off in November he managed to slip away for a private meeting with Hillary Clinton. More

The US is marking 40 years since the assassination of Robert F Kennedy. More

Business
The US unemployment rate rose at its fastest pace in more than two decades in May, stirring fears of a US recession. More

News
When claiming human rights is taken too far. More

The skydiving Archbishop raising money for charity. More

Bikers Cause Chaos In Fuel Protest

News
A convoy of hundreds of bikers departed from Birch Services on the M60 near to Middleton in the north of England this morning to protest over the cost of fuel. They were joined by a number of trucks, cars and an ice cream van. More

Diplomats from the US and UK have been detained in Zimbabwe. More

Technology
The creator of the web has said consumers need to be protected against systems which can track their activity on the net. More

Business
It's week eleven and the last remaining candidates face a grilling for a place in the final of The Apprentice next week. But how would you fair in the interviews? More

How French entrepreneurs are coping with red tape. More

Obama Reaches Nomination Threshold

Politics
On passing the threshold required to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama makes his first foreign policy speech. More

News
European fisherman have continued their protests on the price of fuel by demonstrating at the EU headquarters in Brussels. More

Business
United Airlines is to ground around 100 aircraft and cut many jobs in addition to those already announced. More

If you are looking to buy-to-let and require borrowing from a lender all is not lost, but it will cost you. More

Environment
One of Britain's largest Puffin colonies is losing visiting birds because of a food shortage. More

Clinton To Fight On

Politics
Democratic contender, Hillary Clinton, will fight on and continue her battle for the presidential nomination. More

Sport
Max Mosley has won a vote of confidence to stay in his job as President of the FIA. More

Business
New Yorkers tell of their lives in the credit crunch. More

Environment
The wildlife and their habitat in danger. More

Entertainment
Days after his winning Britain's Got Talent George Sampson talks about going back to school and his future. More

Britain Has Got Talent!

Entertainment
George Sampson from Warrington in Cheshire won the final of Britain's Got Talent. Our favourite Kate & Gin showed their hardwork and expertise with an amazing act. Well done! More

Simon Cowell's show Britain's Got Talent (ITV) beat I'd Do Anything (BBC) in the saturday night ratings when an average of 13.1 million watched George Sampson voted the winner by the public. More

Politics
British PM, Gordon Brown, does not have the ability to win people over like his predecessor Tony Blair, according to Labour's former fund-raiser Lord Levy. More

Former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, has hailed David Miliband, Foreign Secretary, as ''brilliant'' and a future leader. More

Business
Boss of International Air Transport Association (IATA), Giovanni Bisignani, has said service levels at Heathrow Airport in London are a ''national embarrassment''. More