Algae and sludge are removed from the sides of one of Bath's Roman Baths.

Thousands of overdue library books are returned to libraries in Leicester.

The move to create an African free trade zone is positive and long overdue, a Kenyan analyst tells the BBC News website.

Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry believes the formation of a snooker players' union is long overdue.

A council hires private detectives to track down overdue library books and to collect fines.

US officials confirm Thursday is the target date for Pyongyang to deliver an overdue declaration of its nuclear activities.

Bristol City captain Louis Carey says his goal in the play-off semi-final win at Crystal Palace was an overdue promise to team-mates.

An anonymous borrower sends a Cumbrian library book back after borrowing it 25 years ago.

A charity says Wales "lags behind" those nations with strategies and where suicide rates have dropped.

Work to create a new court room and modern facilities at Alloa Sheriff Court is to begin next month.

Plaid Cymru's decision to send members to join the Lords is welcomed by the Welsh assembly's presiding officer

The author of a study on burn-out in the English Premiership is "disappointed" more has not been done already.

Turks feel the world's concern about Kurdish PKK rebel attacks is long overdue, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports.

A diver is found dead after being reported overdue on an expedition in waters off Orkney.

A mother whose son died in an E.coli outbreak welcomes guilty pleas from a butcher who supplied meat to his school.

Hamas begins paying the overdue wages of 10,000 civil servants and members of the security forces.

US markets lose ground as data shows repossessions and overdue mortgage payments in the US at record levels.

Managers at hospitals in Derbyshire and Staffordshire say private patients owe them hundreds of thousands of pounds.

A cathedral will break with 1,000 years of tradition on Wednesday when its new girls' choir sings its first evensong. Is it long overdue or is it sacrificing an ancient tradition for political correctness?

Scottish merchant navy veterans receive "overdue" recognition for their role in conflicts including World War II and the Suez crisis.