There are three words you will hardly ever hear a person in power use - "I don't know." Why is doubt, which most of us experience every day, virtually unheard of in politics, asks Michael Blastland.

A new exhibition tells the stories behind nine artworks of Highlands women.

French-born chef and Oxfordshire restaurateur Raymond Blanc is awarded an honorary OBE for services to the British food industry.

Is it time for the government to be more focused on people's emotional rather than financial well-being... and if so how should happiness be measured.

All the action and reaction from the the second debate between US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.

The BBC's Emma Jane Kirby looks at why France appears to have weathered the credit crunch storm better than other countries.

A person's political views may be an expression of their innate psychological makeup, research in the US suggests.

The gloomiest August on record has given way to a wet September, leaving sun-loving Brits once again feeling cheated of that most elusive of natural resources.

Humans have an innate ability to do maths even if they do not have the language to express it, research suggests.

Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, director of the Edinburgh MS Research Centre, speaks about his work.

The BBC's James Naughtie on the economic angst that is gripping America.

Bill Thompson on how computers are changing the way we think

Bacteria may hold the key to halting the fungal disease which is devastating amphibian populations around the world.

Former England star Gary Lineker remains confident the national side will win a major tournament, despite the failure to reach Euro 2008.

Whether it's Heather Mills or Kerry Katona, the celebrities that ordinary people vilify tend to be women. Why?

Fashion writer Penny Martin looks at who lit up the red carpet at the world premiere in London.

A witness to the murder of a boy in a bakery comes forward after a police appeal.

A murdered teenager, described as a "gentle giant" by his parents, had tried to avoid a fight minutes before his death.

The sight of two girls having a post-pub fight still has the power to shock, although it happens between men all the time. So why are women doing it and why are we so offended by it?

An ex-Australian Foreign Minister calls for a new approach to ending countries' conflict at a lecture.