Streets with names that could be considered rude are defended after a council revealed plans to vet new place-names to stop double entendres.

The possibility of a second bailout for UK banks is covered in the day's press.

Supporters of Damian Green are outraged at the use of the word "grooming" by police questioning the MP. They see this as provocative, with its connotations of paedophilia. Since when?

Russia's naval exercises with Venezuela highlights growing ties between the two nations, says the BBC's Will Grant in Caracas.

The BBC's Stephanie Holmes explores what the rhetorical skills of Barack Obama reveal about the man who will become the next US president.

A council defends advice to staff to take care when using the term British.

A Plaid Cymru led-council defends advice given to staff to be careful when using the term British.

For Hindu DJ Nerm, the swastika is a symbol of goodwill. Can he reclaim it from its indelible Nazi connotations - and how do people react to his swastika tattoo?

How females in technology are banding together

An MP paints over an infamous sign claiming a shop was a town's "biggest receiver of stolen goods".

What is probably the oldest known Bible is being digitised, reuniting its scattered parts for the first time in 160 years ago. But it is markedly different from its modern equivalent. What's left out?

The BBC political research unit's Marc Williams puts David Cameron's 133 speeches since becoming Tory leader under the microscope.

A court hears bomb disposal experts had to be called in after an explosive device was found at a man's house.

Media regulator Ofcom will not punish ITV after sports commentator Martin Brundle used the word "pikey".

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

A look at how cinemas around the world have classified The Dark Knight

Organisers of the Camp for Climate Change are hoping that thousands of fellow protestors will join them this weekend in a final "day of action"

The BBC's Steve Bradshaw travels to the Kenyan island of Lamu to find out what globalisation means to a devout Muslim.

Microsoft's new operating system research project is mysteriously named "Midori". But why?

In the 21st Century, the term "flat-earther" is used to describe someone who is spectacularly - and seemingly wilfully - ignorant. But is there still anybody out there who doesn't believe the earth is a globe?