Two male youths, aged 14 and 15, are charged with conspiring to place an article causing a bomb hoax.

In the first of a series of articles the BBC's Samanthi Dissanayake looks at exile communities in the UK and the impact they have on their homelands.

Five classes of students at Whitton School in Twickenham, Middlesex, took part in a practice News Day on 3 December 2008.

As you decide whether or not to have children, should you take the world's increasing stack of environmental woes into account?

The UK's Climate Change Bill could cost each family in the UK up to £10,000, warns Conservative MP Peter Lilley.

A Vatican newspaper has forgiven the late former Beatle, John Lennon, for saying the band were more popular than Jesus.

It's World Philosophy Day - an opportunity to contemplate one's very existence and whether computer monitors really exist, says David Bain.

The ICC prosecutor hopes his call to indict Darfur rebel leaders will blunt UN moves to grant immunity to Sudan's president, writes Chris Stephen.

The BBC News website is launching a weekly column where leading clinicians and experts outline their views on health topics. Read a selection of your comments here.

When is a record not always a record? When it's twinned with the word "debt". To have a hope of knowing what's happening with the economy, you need to learn the rules of a childish game.

Despite the environmental now being a mainstream topic, green campaign groups are still as relevant as ever.

You have been sending your views about England's chief medical officer column on how the NHS could learn from department stores, such as John Lewis.

EU plans to phase out the use of traditional light-bulbs need to be a shining example for the rest of the world to follow.

The colourful world of coral reefs is under threat as oceans absorb greater quantities of carbon, but not all hope is lost.

Italian footballer Marco Materazzi accepts damages over Daily Mail articles which said he used vile racist abuse to insult Zinedine Zidane.

When a new Bond film comes out, it is invariably to a frenzy of positive press coverage far outweighing that given to any other mere action flick. But is it okay to hate James Bond?

Michael Ballack says he will apologise to Joachim Low after he criticised the Germany coach in a newspaper article.

The low-carbon economy is an integral part of the world's economic recovery, not a luxurious extra.

In the concluding article of a series on Belgium, Henri Astier asks how likely it is to remain united.

In the fourth article on Belgium's linguistic divide, Henri Astier considers how it affects immigrants.