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.Read
A former MI6 worker who says he was "directed by voices" faces a jail sentence after admitting charges of unlawfully disclosing top secret material.Read
The pathologist who carried out the first post mortem on Ian Tomlinson, who died at last year's G20 protest, is due to find out whether he is to be struck off the medical register.Read
A controversial "lottery" designed to allocate school places fairly has failed to reduce segregation between rich and poor pupils, research suggests.Read
Ed Balls has put employment at the centre of his campaign for the Labour leadership by outlining a £250 million plan to create 200,000 jobs and work placements for the unemployed.Read
The BBC has defended its impartiality after the director general of the corporation was photographed going into a meeting in Downing Street to apparently discuss coverage of government spending cuts.Read
The US Coast Guard has backtracked on its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.Read
The three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of match-fixing allegations have been suspended from playing cricket after being charged under the anti-corruption code of the sport's governing body.Read
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.Read
Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to produce a framework for a permanent peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this month.Read
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton formally opened the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years with a plea for both sides to make compromises to forge an agreement.Read