Many French people are wary of their government's boast that it has staved off recession, fearing it may be economic "Chernobyl Syndrome", Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.

All the big stories from the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

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 big stories from the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

For more than a decade Winston Peters has held a pivotal role in New Zealand's political landscape - but that seems about to change.

A gaffe by contractors results in the Scottish and English spellings of "burgh" being used at opposite ends of a town.

Curry goes coastal

Two of the pioneers of the UK video games industry are recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Director Terence Davies calls on Britain to make cinema about itself at the Cannes Film Festival.

The career of children's TV presenter Mark Speight.

The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg watches Harriet Harman, William Hague and Vince Cable stand in for their party leaders at PMQs.

The British are notoriously bad at learning foreign tongues. But with Franglais, the late Miles Kington showed anyone could get by on holiday with just a petit peu of effort.

We have been receiving eyewitnesses accounts from Kenya.

BBC science correspondent David Shukman travels to the Pacific island state of Tuvalu, where the highest point on land is just five metres (16 ft). This puts the collection of atolls that make up the country at high risk of flooding - particularly if sea levels continue to rise as expected.

UK critics give a thumb's up to the West End production of Broadway musical Hairspray.

Pakistan warm-up for the World Twenty20 semi-finals with an unconvincing four-wicket win over Bangladesh.

The ongoing game of cat and mouse played out between industry and hackers over Digital Rights Management technology.

A former US astronaut apologises to the love rival she is alleged to have tried to kidnap, as she appears in court.

Kent win the Twenty20 Cup after beating Gloucestershire in the final at Edgbaston.

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