The president of the EU commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has said Britain is "closer than ever before" to joining the euro. Well, up to a point, writes Europe business reporter Ben Shore.

Two solicitors from Doncaster have denied exploiting sick miners and their families by dishonestly taking cuts from compensation pay-outs.

Keep up with the drama of US election day on 4 November on the BBC News website.

Updates with all the key points, expert reaction and your views as the UK government unveils its bank rescue plans.

Republican and Democratic voters reflect on the vice presidential debate.

Sir David King's plan to replace physicists with climate scientists is naive and misguided, writes David Wark

Why reforming the economics of food production and supply would be beneficial for a number of environmental and social ills.

With nuclear energy back on the agenda, the industry is looking for a new generation of scientists and engineers to run power stations.

The government eases the immigration restrictions on nuclear power workers in a bid to attract more to the UK.

Forget about the gaffe, it's the media mindset that makes so much of gaffes that is the real issue, says Clive James.

Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, reflects on the dangers of eloquence in the US political scene.

A teenager who accelerated at a level crossing before hitting a train and killing his passengers is jailed.

The publicity surrounding Luke Mitchell's trial was not prejudicial, prosecution lawyers claim.

The Appeal Court has upheld a verdict that government maladministration contributed to tens of thousands of workers losing their pensions.

If the world is to end the threat from climate change, we need to be able to produce more with less energy.

Alleged security force collusion in the murders of eight men was not properly investigated, the ECHR rules.

Scientists reprogramme human skin cells to mimic embryonic stem cells - promising a revolution in medical research.

The BBC's Richard Black on why it is good to be sceptical when it comes to climate change, as long as it is based on facts.

The author and publisher of a book about alleged police corruption has won an appeal against a ruling that they libelled a former police officer.

A government minister defends the conduct of the public inquiry into a 137-mile power line.