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.
STEVENAGE police would like to reassure members of the public following reports of text and internet rumours about allegations of rapes in the town on two consecutive nights this week in the Six Hills Way area.
A NEW service aiming to have a package to help vulnerable people lead an independent life as possible within 24 hours is trailing in Stevenage.
HERTFORDSHIRE Police Authority has been praised by independent inspectors as the axe continues to hang over the organisation.
YOUNG people around North Herts took part in a Streetball tournament throughout the summer holidays.
John Toshack believes his overhaul of the Wales side can bear fruit in the forthcoming Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.