BBC News website world affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds looks at the use of propaganda by Palestinian militant group Hamas.

The early kick-off in the Edinburgh derby ends in a goalless draw while Dundee United launch a stirring comeback to draw 2-2 at Celtic.

Aston Villa and Arsenal draw in the last Premier League game on Boxing Day, as Man Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool all win.

BBC Manchester's Steve Wyeth sees Man Utd win a tournament that failed to provide them with a serious challenge

Hamilton beat Motherwell 2-0 in the early kick-off while Rangers close the gap on Celtic to a single point.

Seven new gene variants discovered by scientists suggest strongly that obesity is largely a problem in the brain.

The UK's Committee on Climate Change sees changes in electricity generation as key to lowering the country's greenhouse gas emissions

Scientists say they have worked out the complete genetic blueprint of a cancer for the first time.

Tennis line judges are more likely to make mistakes when they call balls "out" rather than "in", say researchers.

What changes to detention without charge is the government proposing?

It's 10 years since the release of The Big Lebowski, a film that split cinema audiences down the middle but created a strange cult. Is The Dude a slacker prince for our times?

Researchers decode the DNA sequence of the fungus which produces penicillin, ahead of the 80th anniversary of its discovery.

The PM pledges to "rethink" policy to tackle changing pressures on the government in an article ahead of the Labour conference.

What do all the statistics about house prices and sales actually mean?

Dr Tom Pike, from Imperial College London, shares his experiences of being part of the Phoenix Mars probe team.

Cities and battlefields could soon be monitored using an imaging system that does away with lenses and mirrors.

Fancy being told you have a higher-than-average risk of getting prostate cancer but are at low risk of suffering from glaucoma? Now for about £500 you can have your genome analysed by a commercial firm. Rob Liddle swabbed his cheek and sent off for a scan.

The case against a pub landlady convicted of illegally showing Premier League football is referred to Europe.

The chocolate company Mars has announced that it is to decode the genetic structure of the cacao tree.

Councils are being discouraged from littering their bumf with cliches and jargon. But where did this lingo come from?