Calls for different degrees of murder charges have received the backing of the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, the BBC learns.more »

BP is to release an internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst ecological catastrophe in recent US history.more »

David Cameron will miss prime minister's questions on Wednesday after his father suffered a stroke while on holiday in France.more »

Property giant Connaught is expected to formally enter administration later, putting thousands of jobs at risk.more »

A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary.more »

A senior UN official says its peacekeepers failed the victims of mass rape in DR Congo, with the numbers affected double the previous estimate.more »

Millions of pounds is lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says.more »

Business Secretary Vince Cable expresses "worry" about the combination of High Street banks with investment banking, after Bob Diamond is named as Barclays' new boss.more »

Scottish ministers are setting out their final programme for government before next May's Holyrood election.more »

Health officials are trying to find the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak which has been linked to the death of a 64-year-old woman.more »