Oil giant BP has said that the cost of tackling the Gulf of Mexico disaster had risen to 8 billion US dollars (£5.2 billion) so far.
Details of a "major effort" to help people get to work during a strike by London Underground workers have been unveiled, including extra buses, escorted bike rides and more river journeys.
A hidden danger in the garden has been highlighted by the case of a man who contracted Legionnaires' disease from handling compost.
The UK has seen its biggest fall in alcohol consumption in 60 years, according to new figures from an industry body.
A businessman who battered his wife and daughter to death with a mallet professed his love for his family repeatedly in the moments after their brutal killings, an inquest heard.
A team of professionals held an urgent meeting to discuss a disabled pensioner who repeatedly threatened to kill himself seven months before he ended his life at a Swiss clinic.
The parents of suspected honour killing victim Shafilea Ahmed have been questioned by detectives investigating her murder.
Economists are divided over the future direction of the housing market as Nationwide said prices fell for the second consecutive month during August.
A four-year-old boy who disappeared with a couple who were fostering him has been found.
The Spice Girls musical will get an absolutely fabulous plot - courtesy of writer Jennifer Saunders.
A controversial "lottery" designed to allocate school places fairly has failed to reduce segregation between rich and poor pupils, research suggests.
John Toshack believes his overhaul of the Wales side can bear fruit in the forthcoming Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
Robbie Keane will channel the bitter disappointment of the Republic of Ireland's World Cup exit into the quest for Euro 2012 qualification.
Steven Naismith will start for Scotland in their opening Euro 2012 opener against Lithuania as Craig Levein left James McFadden out of his first competitive line-up.