You have been sending your views about England's chief medical officer column on how the NHS could learn from department stores, such as John Lewis.

A top judge has warned that today's young, online generation may have trouble acting as jurors because they can't listen for long stretches. But is it easier to pick up information from a written passage or a spoken version? Try this unscientific test.

A drug user who killed his girlfriend, is told his mental problems were self-inflicted and is given a 13-year minimum term.

The BBC's Booker prize panel give their verdict on this year's shortlisted books, ahead of the winner being announced on Tuesday evening.

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?

British journalist Robert Trevor, in Mexico City to cover the 1968 Olympic Games, witnessed a violent crackdown on student demonstrators that became known as the Tlatelolco masscacre.

The speed camera sign is instantly recognisable but the "no stopping" sign isn't. As a review of British road signs is launched, what makes some good and others bad?

The key sections of the English programme of study for Key Stage 3, extracted from The National Curriculum, which relate to BBC News School Report, are listed below.

The BBC's Robert Pigott reports from Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride march, coinciding with a meeting of conservative Anglicans opposed to homosexuality.

Sports columnist Rohit Brijnath reflects on the successful first season of the Indian Premier League, the multi-million dollar cricket tournament.

Author and comedian Charlie Higson's fourth "young" James Bond novel Hurricane Gold is out in paperback on the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth.

Scholars in Turkey are attempting a radical rereading of the Hadith, or Islamic sayings - one which may revise the very theology of Islam, writes Robert Piggott.

The Booker-winning novel voted the best from the prize's 40-year history is to win a special award.

The BBC's Martha Kearney tells the story of her interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury on Sharia law.

Northern Rock's chairman tells shareholders that with their help the bank can be put "on the road to recovery".

Hedge fund investors want smaller shareholders to back plans to force Northern Rock to seek investors' approval before selling off major assets. Your views on the EGM

Novelist George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman series of books, has died at the age of 82.

JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels are the most re-read books in the UK, according to a survey.

Tim Henman and Jamie Murray win their doubles match to hand Britain an unassailable 3-0 Davis Cup lead over Croatia.

Author Sebastian Faulks says he wrote the latest James Bond novel, Devil May Care, in just six weeks.