The BBC's Ray Furlong looks at how economic crisis in Iceland is creating a new political activism.

A new film version of Brideshead Revisited is about to have its premiere, but why are we so taken with a story about a troubled aristocratic family?

An ex-bank official and football club treasurer stole £25,000 to finance his gambling and drinking, a court hears.

Is it possible to live without buying or accepting plastic for a month? That's what Christine Jeavans, mother to an 18-month-old toddler, wants to spend August finding out.

South Africa finish on 101-3 in reply to England's 203 on day one of the second Test.

The Hebrides depend on them, but do the ferries deliver as well as they could?

Jailed criminals - even those serving a life sentence - should be let out to take part in work experience, a charity suggests.

The UK Treasury should break a "habit of a lifetime" and save green tax revenues for environmental solutions.

The BBC's Martin Redfern is spending a month in the Antarctic reporting on International Polar Year.

The BBC's Caroline Briggs reports from Hollywood on the atmosphere of the film industry's biggest night of the year.

BBC Scotland political reporter John Knox on the week's events at Holyrood.

When Louis Theroux went to San Quentin prison he found a bizarre self-contained society where "straight" men fall in love, gangs are divided along strict racial lines and an inmate can be assaulted for the most minor mistake.

Renowned Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o tells the BBC his views on the unrest that has engulfed Kenya since disputed elections.

More support for children who have a parent in jail could lead to lower reoffend rates, advocates say.

A Kent MP is voluntarily "arrested" outside the Houses of Parliament in a stunt to raise funds for charity.

Russian opposition leaders feel marginalised and harassed in a Putin-dominated election, Richard Galpin reports.

BBC Breakfast presenter Mike Bushell joins the cast on the set of the second Robin Hood series.

China puts on an exhibition to showcase its battle against corruption - exposing officials who strayed from the straight and narrow.

Russia's first civilian aircraft firm aimed at Western markets sells a 25% stake to an Italian firm and seals a separate aircraft order.

What is in store for council tax payers, BBC correspondent John Andrew asks.