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Diamond to be new Barclays chief - Bob Diamond is to become chief executive of Barclays, while HSBC chairman Stephen Green steps down to become a government trade minister....

Gillard to stay as Australian PM - Julia Gillard is to remain as Australia's prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs....

Strike severely disrupts Tube - Services on the London Underground are severely disrupted on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes....

UK slipping down graduate league - The UK is slipping behind international rivals in university places, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development....

Veterans gather for Blitz service - A remembrance service is to be held later to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz....

France strikes over pension plans - France is braced for disruption as a strike over pension reform gets under way, with parliament also debating a ban on full face veils and a security bill....

ME 'virus link' found in children - ME, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, in children could be caused by a virus, scientists say....

Housing group 'near administration' - Connaught, the property services group that specialises in social housing, is on the brink of going into administration, the BBC learns....

Tax error letters start to arrive - UK tax authorities are bracing themselves for a deluge of complaints and enquiries after sending out fresh tax calculations....

Scam fear over electricity credit - Criminals have managed to clone prepayment meter keys in order to make money by offering discounted credit to customers....

Christchurch hit by aftershocks - Violent aftershocks rattle the New Zealand city of Christchurch following the weekend's powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage....

Fry slams BBC 'culture of fear' - Stephen Fry criticises a culture of fear at the BBC which is creating "incredibly bland" programmes...

Inbred bumblebees 'facing extinction' - Some of the UK's rarest bumblebees are at risk of becoming extinct as a result of inbreeding, research suggests....

Jail for Malaysian snake smuggler - Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the Lizard King, is jailed for trying to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage....

Champion Haye to take on Harrison - WBA heavyweight champion David Haye will make the second defence of his title against fellow Brit and 2000 Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison....

Capello insists Rooney will play - England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday....

Federer cruises into last eight - Roger Federer continues his smooth progress through the US Open draw with a straight-sets win over Jurgen Melzer in round four....

Live text - County Championship - Nottinghamshire target the Championship title while relegation and promotion issues are at stake as the county season builds towards a climax....

Houllier poised to take Villa job - Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is set to be appointed as Aston Villa's new manager on Wednesday, BBC Sport understands....

Police plea to dead baby's mother - Detectives investigating the death of a newborn baby found dumped in a garden are still trying to trace the mother....

No helmet suspect killed in crash - A man suspected of being a motorbike thief who police refused to chase because he was not wearing a helmet is killed riding a stolen bike....

Philippines death report doubt - The stepfather of an Aberdeen man stabbed and killed in the Philippines questions media reports of why he was there....

High winds sink boats in harbour - Two fishing boats sink in a Fife harbour after severe winds sweep the east coast of Scotland overnight....

Priest to meet dissident families - A priest in Londonderry who challenged dissident republicans over their violence is to meet families who claim they are being harassed by the PSNI....

Dublin Mayor expects Queen visit - The Lord Mayor of Dublin says he expects the Queen to visit the city within the next 12 months....

NHS in Wales faces £380m cutbacks - The Welsh NHS faces making £380m worth of cutbacks by April, with managers saying it is the biggest challenge they have faced in 20 years....

£90m village by-pass opens early - A £90m bypass, first suggested in the 1980s, is being opened two months ahead of schedule....

'No climate link' to African wars - A study suggests climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, challenging widely held assumptions....

Arrests over Swaziland protests - Police in Swaziland arrest about 50 people ahead of protests against sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, activists say....

Burma leader begins China visit - Burma's military leader, General Than Shwe, is starting a five-day visit to China to seek support for planned national elections later this year....

N Korea accepts flood aid offer - North Korea has asked South Korea to send rice, cement and construction equipment after devastating floods, southern officials say....

EU's Barroso laments jobs crisis - The European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, highlights unemployment as a major challenge, in his first "state of the union" speech....

Greek PM reshuffles his cabinet - Greek PM George Papandreou reshuffles his cabinet but leaves the key post of finance minister unchanged as his government battles a debt crisis....

Guatemala mudslide search halted - Teams in Guatemala have to halt the search for bodies following devasting mudslides which have killed at least 45 people....

Mexico begins army shooting probe - Mexico's defence ministry launches an inquiry after a man and his teenage son are shot dead at a military checkpoint....

Political void 'threatens Iraq' - Six months after Iraq's parliamentary elections, an Iraqi minister warns that the political deadlock is damaging the security situation in the country....

ElBaradei eyes Egypt poll boycott - Egyptian opposition figure Mohammed ElBaradei calls for a boycott of November's parliamentary election, saying it is certain to be rigged....

Kabul Bank investors' cash frozen - Afghanistan's central bank follows its promise to back Kabul Bank by freezing the assets of leading investors....

Petraeus warns over Koran burning - The US commander in Afghanistan warns troops' lives will be at risk if a Florida church goes ahead with its plan to throw copies of the Koran into a bonfire, but the pastor behind the stunt defends it....

Obama unveils $50bn building plan - President Barack Obama announces a $50bn infrastructure plan as part of efforts to jump-start the faltering US economy....

Travolta extortion case dismissed - Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped....

School clothes boost retail sales - Retail sales rose in August, partly thanks to strong sales of children's clothing ahead of the new school year, figures suggest....

Key Asian interest rates on hold - The cost of borrowing in Australia stays at 4.5% and Japan at near zero amid continuing global economic uncertainty....

US firm buys Realtime Worlds game - Part of collapsed computer games firm Realtime Worlds has been bought by an anonymous American company, administrators confirm....

AV referendum bill passes MP vote - Plans to change the way MPs are elected to Parliament survive their first Commons hurdle - despite criticism from Tory MPs....

Cameron back from paternity leave - Prime Minister David Cameron returns to work following a spell of paternity leave....

End UK rebate - EU budget chief - The EU budget commissioner says he sees no grounds for the UK to keep its budget rebate....

UK radiotherapy 'lagging behind' - Too few UK cancer patients are receiving state-of-the-art radiotherapy care, experts from Cancer Research UK say....

'Genetic link' to breast cancer - Researchers have identified a series of genetic variations which may play a role in a common breast cancer....

Bipolar 'not linked to violence' - People with a mental illness are no more likely to be violent unless they abuse drugs or alcohol, a study suggests....

First 16 'free schools' revealed - The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove....

Former head jailed for sex abuse - A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils....

Student migration 'unsustainable' - The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green says in his first major speech on immigration....

UK mobile firms to merge networks - Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their networks....

Buzz lawsuit to cost Google $8.5m - Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year....

Tiny solar cells fix themselves - A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells....

Red Planet 'may not be lifeless' - Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists....

Insect brains to fight MRSA - Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say....

Blair in climate inaction warning - Former UK Prime Minster Tony Blair warns world leaders they may pay a heavy price in history if they fail to tackle global warming....

Emmerdale in TV Choice hat-trick - Emmerdale wins three prizes at the TV Choice Awards, with EastEnders taking the prize for best soap in its 25th anniversary year....

Gilliam loses Don Quixote backers - Terry Gilliam says his latest attempt to make a film about Don Quixote has stalled again after his financial backers pulled out....

Authors await Booker shortlist - Thirteen authors are waiting to find out if their works have made this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist....

The 60s, but not as we know it - US drama Mad Men has won praise for its recreation of the 1960s, but it's not a classic depiction of the decade....

Do our memories get better with age? - Our ability to recall events seems to sharpen as we get older, says Lisa Jardine, but can it be trusted to paint an accurate picture?...

Eddie who? - Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention?...

Police 'will decide on phone hacking inquiry' - The police and not the government should decide whether to re-open the investigation into the News of the World phone-hacking allegations, Home Secretary Theresa May has said....

What to do if you get a tax letter - Thousands of people will find out if they have been undercharged or are overpaid by the taxman. Up to six million people have been paying the wrong amount and the treasury says it cannot afford to write off the money....

Skyscraper climb using suction cups - A man has been arrested in San Francisco after climbing a skyscraper using suction cups....

Hurricane pilot remembers Blitz - Robert Hall chats to an ex-hurricane pilot who flew over London during the Blitz and a woman who's house was destroyed by German bombs....

'The Blitz brought everybody together' - Alf Morris, who was 10 at the time of the Blitz, took BBC News back to the site of his former home in Bethnal Green to relive the events of the first night of Nazi Germany's assault on London....

Andrea Bocelli concerts to mark 9/11 - Andrea Bocelli is inviting survivors of the attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York to concerts on the Amalfi coast....

Inside UK's first Sikh temple school - Khalsa Primary school is the first Sikh school in the UK to be backed and partly funded by a Gurdwara, or Sikh temple....

Clear up begins in parts of Pakistan - The BBC's Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters....

Schoolboy: 'I found a pipe bomb' - The suspicious object was left in the playground of St Comgall's Primary School and picked up by an eight -year-old pupil....

In pictures - The Blitz: Eight months of bombing began 70 years ago...

Music for dinner parties? - What the Mercury Prize tells us about British music...

How to fix Pakistan - Should Islamabad surrender some sovereignty to save the country?...

'A filthy Archers' - Tamara Drewe explores dark side of countryside...

Tax letters - If a letter says you have paid the wrong amount of tax - what next?...

Cutting it - Why is sunburn remedy being sold as cocaine?...