| £1m Lottery grant for minorities
December 21, 2009 at 9:03 pm
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| | Help and advice services for Scotland's ethnic minority population are awarded £925,660 in Lottery funding. |
| Serbia submits EU membership bid
December 21, 2009 at 9:02 pm
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| | Serbia is to submit a formal application to join the EU's 27-nation bloc, despite two war fugitives remaining at large. |
| Public sector 'expect pay rises''
December 21, 2009 at 8:28 pm
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| | Most public sector workers still expect a pay rise in 2010, despite a clampdown on earnings in the sector, a survey finds. |
| More snow forecast for Highlands
December 21, 2009 at 8:24 pm
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| | Snow and temperatures well below freezing are forecast for the rest of the week in the Highlands and Islands. |
| Water warning to festive drinkers
December 21, 2009 at 8:15 pm
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| | A rescue and recovery charity warns revellers in Glasgow to avoid the city's icy waterways over the festive period. |
| Ahmadinejad denies trigger claim
December 21, 2009 at 7:41 pm
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| | President Ahmadinejad tells US TV that papers apparently showing Iran plans to test a nuclear trigger are a forgery. |
| Teaching US teenagers to get rich
December 21, 2009 at 7:23 pm
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| | The Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship, known as "Nifty", aims to educate teenagers about business and encourage them to start their own enterprises. |
| My Bottom Line: Tips from the top
December 21, 2009 at 7:21 pm
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| | Top bosses from the UK and Europe share their recipes for business success. |
| Is UK government debt really that high?
December 21, 2009 at 7:18 pm
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| | The UK's debt levels are no higher than those of other major economies, writes the BBC's Richard Anderson. |
| World 'failed Gaza over blockade'
December 21, 2009 at 7:18 pm
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| | Aid agencies criticise the international community for failing to help end Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. |
| 'Logbook loans' may be outlawed
December 21, 2009 at 7:07 pm
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| | A form of secured borrowing known as logbook loans, or bills of sale, may be banned under government proposals. |
| Spotlight on credit search system
December 21, 2009 at 7:07 pm
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| | A committee of MPs recommends an investigation into whether consumers are being penalised for shopping around for loans. |
| 'Bumper year' for botanical finds
December 21, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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| | Almost 300 species - including giant trees and tiny fungi - have been described for the first time by UK botanists in 2009. |
| Has sleaze ruling left Pakistan more polarised?
December 21, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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| | The Pakistani Supreme Court's decision last week to strike down an amnesty law for the politicians has created more questions than answers. |
| 'Burn off' Christmas with a walk
December 21, 2009 at 7:03 pm
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| | The public have been urged to have an active festive break, with a walk on Christmas Day to burn off calories from lunch. |
| Live transplants hit 3,000 figure
December 21, 2009 at 7:03 pm
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| | Three thousand people have been approved for a living transplant donation since the Human Tissue Authority began regulating donation. |
| Fears over child fitness levels
December 21, 2009 at 7:03 pm
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| | Sedentary lifestyles are making children less fit - even among those who are not obese, a study suggests. |
| Decision on bank fees test case
December 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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| | The OFT is to reveal if it is going to continue with its legal test case against UK banks over the fairness of their overdraft charges. |
| Bloggers test Azerbaijan democracy limits
December 21, 2009 at 6:58 pm
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| | The BBC's Tom Esslemont asks what the case of two bloggers imprisoned for daring to satirize the state reveals about Azerbaijan's democracy. |
| Ford offers packages to cut staff
December 21, 2009 at 6:43 pm
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| | Carmaker Ford offers incentive packages to all of its 41,000 US hourly workers in a bid to reduce its factory workforce. |
| Man injured in Lurgan stab theft
December 21, 2009 at 6:20 pm
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| | Police in Lurgan are searching for a man who tried to stab a delivery driver before stealing a cash box from him. |
| US snow fight gun use criticised
December 21, 2009 at 6:08 pm
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| | A senior police official in Washington DC says an off-duty officer was wrong to draw his gun during a public snowball fight. |
| Raj Rajaratnam pleads not guilty
December 21, 2009 at 5:45 pm
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| | Raj Rajaratnam pleads not guilty to charges of securities fraud in what is thought to be the biggest ever insider trading case. |
| Colombia denies using spy drones
December 21, 2009 at 5:41 pm
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| | Colombia rejects Venezuela's claims that it used unmanned drones built with US technology to spy on a military base. |
| Mexico City approves gay marriage
December 21, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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| | Lawmakers in Mexico City become the first in Latin America to pass a bill legalising gay marriage, despite opposition from the Church. |
| Bird-like dinosaur was 'venomous'
December 21, 2009 at 5:29 pm
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| | A bird-like dinosaur that prowled an ancient forest 125 million years ago used venom to subdue its prey, according to a new theory. |
| Pair appear on charges of theft
December 21, 2009 at 5:26 pm
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| | Two people are charged with aggravated burglary and vehicle taking after an incident in part of Nottinghamshire. |
| Men living in medieval condtions
December 21, 2009 at 5:02 pm
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| | Five homeless Polish men are currently living in tents on waste ground in Newry, the BBC has learned. |
| Water pipe burst cuts gas supply
December 21, 2009 at 4:33 pm
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| | Gas supplies are cut to 700 homes in north London after a water pipe bursts and floods the gas main. |
| SDLP man co-opted in Craigavon
December 21, 2009 at 4:26 pm
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| | A community worker from Portadown is co-opted as an SDLP councillor to Craigavon Borough Council. |
| Motorists warned about icy roads
December 21, 2009 at 4:25 pm
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| | Drivers are being advised to take extra care on Cornwall's roads because of icy conditions overnight. |
| Michael Howard's father exhumed
December 21, 2009 at 4:19 pm
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| | The body of ex-Tory leader Michael Howard's father is exhumed from a vandalised Jewish cemetery. |
| Rector apologises for exhumation
December 21, 2009 at 4:19 pm
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| | A Basingstoke rector apologises to a widower after his wife's body is exhumed and reburied because of a mistake over a burial plot. |
| No leaders' debate place for SNP
December 21, 2009 at 4:06 pm
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| | Plans for televised leaders' debates in the run up to the next election will not include a place for the SNP. |
| Merger possible, police boss says
December 21, 2009 at 4:04 pm
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| | A merger with another force could still happen to Gloucestershire Police, its retiring chief constable claims. |
| Police re-bail 42 over fans clash
December 21, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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| | Forty two people arrested over football-related disorder at Newcastle Central Station have their bail extended. |
| Court backs tests of minute DNA
December 21, 2009 at 3:59 pm
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| | The Court of Appeal backs a controversial technique for analysing minute amounts of DNA. |
| Firearm shots smash city windows
December 21, 2009 at 3:58 pm
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| | Two windows are smashed when they are shot at two separate premises in Coventry, police say. |
| Snow causes travel disruption
December 21, 2009 at 3:41 pm
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| | Snow causes widespread travel disruption across large parts of England as airports suspend flights and roads become icy. |
| Snowfall leads to traffic chaos
December 21, 2009 at 3:34 pm
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| | Traffic is severely disrupted in east and north Hampshire as heavy snow sweeps across the county for the second time in four days. |
| New domestic violence crackdown
December 21, 2009 at 3:21 pm
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| | Domestic abuse is one area targeted in a new drive by Lincolnshire Police to tackle violence across the county. |
| Adams' brother employers hit out
December 21, 2009 at 3:17 pm
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| | A community project which employed Gerry Adams' brother has criticised the authorities for not telling them about sexual abuse allegations against him. |
| Pair threatened by armed robbers
December 21, 2009 at 3:12 pm
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| | A man and a woman are recovering after being threatened by an armed gang who forced their way into their home in west Lancashire. |
| Weather hits flights at airports
December 21, 2009 at 3:09 pm
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| | Severe weather sees flights suspended at Luton Airport in Bedfordshire and at Stansted Airport in Essex. |
| Plea over airline's credit money
December 21, 2009 at 3:09 pm
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| | Administrators for the collapsed Globespan airline asks its credit card transactions firm to put £35m of owed money into a joint bank account. |
| Hundreds treated for ice injuries
December 21, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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| | Hospitals in East Sussex treat nearly 600 patients for injuries caused by slipping over in icy conditions since the first snowfall on Friday. |
| Televised election debates agreed
December 21, 2009 at 2:50 pm
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| | The leaders of the three main UK parties agree to stage the first ever live televised election debates next year. |
| Pedestrian dies in bus collision
December 21, 2009 at 2:42 pm
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| | A woman, believed to be aged in her 70s, dies after being hit by a bus as she crossed a road in Merseyside. |
| Snowfall leads to traffic chaos
December 21, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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| | Traffic is disrupted and buses are suspended in Reading as heavy snow sweeps across Berkshire for the second time in four days. | 
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