The economic impact of Scotland's year-long Homecoming celebrations was "substantially" overestimated, a report claims.

Tony Blair pulls out of a second event related to his memoirs amid threats of disruption by an anti-Iraq war protest.

Police are concerned about a 14-year-old girl from Bristol who has been missing with her 11-month-old daughter since Friday.

The UK visits of Benedict XVI and John Paul II compared

Tory MEP Daniel Hannan pushes for a referendum on whether the UK should stay in the European Union, calling it a "matter of major constitutional significance".

One of the post-mortem examination reports into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been withheld from authorities, it emerges.

Cambridge University has come top of an international university rankings table, knocking Harvard of the top spot for the first time since 2004.

Did the Blitz really make British people tougher?

The 10-year-old schoolgirl injured after she was pulled off her bike and attacked by a pair of Rottweilers has spoken about her ordeal.

Pilgrims from Glasgow travelling to the Pope's mass at Bellahouston Park are told to use public transport to get there.

How John le Carre's old foe is back on British soil

Police investigating the murder of a man whose body was set alight and dumped at a golf course near Brighton visit petrol stations.

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.

Police appeal for information in a bid to trace a man who raped a 14-year-old girl in a Bedford park.

A 41-year-old man is treated in hospital following a shooting in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow.

The DUP MP for North Belfast Nigel Dodds is to step down from the assembly within days, the BBC learns.

Thousands of London Underground staff return to work after taking part in industrial action which severely disrupted the network.

Todmorden, in West Yorkshire, is striving to become self sufficient by growing fruit and vegetables and keeping livestock.

Hundreds of schools in England have had their plans for refurbishment put on hold after the coalition government cancelled a rebuilding programme.

Owen Paterson is to make his first appearance before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in Westminster later