Canadian authorities release a man weighing 450lb (205kg) - who has been deemed too big for his prison cell.

Hundreds of secondary schools deemed to be "coasting" are to be urged to stretch their pupils to achieve more.

Thailand plans to spend millions of dollars on an internet firewall, to block websites deemed insulting to the monarchy.

A leading guidebook publisher includes some of London's best-loved sites on a list of attractions that are worth seeing before they vanish.

Mayor Boris Johnson's plan to deliver 50,000 affordable housing units by 2011 is deemed 'extremely challenging'.

A ferry service on the River Clyde looks set to be retained, after plans to replace it with a bridge were deemed too expensive.

Journalist Tjitske Lingsma tracks down a young man deemed a hero of East Timor's independence fight, but finds that despite eventual victory life for young Timorese remains a struggle.

Social care to help older people in East Sussex remain independent has been judged as good in an inspection.

Chester-le-Street's Riverside Ground is deemed unplayable for day one of the Durham's crucial home Championship match against Sussex on Wednesday.

A fire that destroyed 80 cars at a Wisbech scrap yard where 45 firefighters tackled flames started accidentally.

A village road reopens after tunnels and setts dug by badgers are filled in and the animals rehomed.

A senior official defends the decision to replace a girl in the Olympics opening ceremony with another deemed to have more suitable looks.

A fire which broke out at a school in Lancashire is believed to have been started deliberately.

Pay schemes that perpetuate sexual discrimination are deemed illegal in a landmark Court of Appeal ruling.

London Mayor Boris Johnson quashes the proposed rise in congestion charge for vehicles deemed high polluters.

A device that enables mobiles to help shoppers find the right clothes is deemed a prize winner.

A prison where an inmate was stabbed to death was "unsafe and unstable" for both prisoners and staff, an inquest jury has ruled.

Six proposed new Gypsy sites in North Wiltshire are all deemed not suitable for purpose, a council decides.

Barack Obama's wife says she did not want her "empathetic" husband to be part of "mean" politics.

Inspectors described a jail where a prisoner was stabbed to death by fellow inmates as "unsafe", an inquest hears.