The family of a boy who suffered brain damage during a fall at his nursery is awarded a further chunk of his £5m claim.

Another electronic book reader has arrived, ready to do battle with its paper cousins. But, writes cultural critic Stephen Bayley, it faces an uphill struggle against a truly beautiful knowledge delivery platform.

A large chunk of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf has broken free of the northern Canadian coast, scientists say.

Uefa is to try to get English clubs to accept a smaller chunk of the Champions League pot after revealing that last season's Premier League entrants received more than £100m in total.

A large chunk of extra money aimed at poorer pupils does not reach their schools, a report claims.

Two chunks of fossilised dung from the Jurassic era are sold at auction in New York for almost $1,000.

A huge chunk of ice starts breaking away from Antarctica in what scientists say is new proof of a warming climate.

The Italian government gives its backing to Air France-KLM's bid to buy a chunk of national airline Alitalia.

Heavy rain has seen a large chunk of Wales' sporting events postponed this weekend.

Global warming is blamed for the erosion that is washing some of Ivory Coast's most historic towns into the sea.

Robbie Hunter wins as Christophe Moreau loses a chunk of time on the road from Marseille to Montpellier.

A large chunk of your earnings disappears in tax, BBC News offers an introduction to the tax system.

Movies and music could be shared faster over the net thanks to a system pioneered by researchers in the US.

A patient tells a hearing how she felt like she had a chunk of metal in her mouth after visiting a dentist.

Scientists reconstruct a chunk of DNA from the genome of a Neanderthal man who lived 38,000 years ago.

UK Coal plans to sell a large chunk of its 50,000-acre land bank for housing and commercial development.

A Derby woman says a chunk of ice fell from the sky and narrowly missed hitting her car.

Two teenagers are jailed for throwing chunks of concrete at two men in a Dumfries nightclub.

A string of bidders are vying to pay about $5bn (£2.6bn) for a chunk of prime real estate in Lower Manhattan.

The tussle for control of Canadian mines group Falconbridge continues with Xstrata buying another chunk of the firm.