Profits at the food and household goods firm Unilever surge, helped by disposals and sales holding up despite price rises.

Lewis Hamilton takes his fifth pole position of the season at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa.

BBC Radio 4's Shipping forecast is to be broadcast as part of the Olympics closing ceremony.

Shaun Ley on the ever changing shape of the 2012 Games site on The World This Weekend

British canoeist David Florence wins silver, team GB take bronze in three-day eventing, Tina Cook wins bronze in the individual eventing and Michael Phelps grabs his third gold in the pool.

A horrified homeowner discovers a 4ft (1.2m) corn snake curled up in her armchair in Hampshire.

Some of the most striking images from around the world on 11 June 2008.

Two pest controllers coax a 4ft (1.2m) orange snake into a bag after it was discovered in a boiler in Portsmouth.

A woman locked a dog in a room until it died of starvation because she was "too knackered" to care for it.

A girl describes how her mother suffered at the hands of her violent father as part of a BBC Wales domestic abuse project.

The BBC News website looks at what we now know about how sleep impacts upon our health.

Spring is flowering in the UK - these are a selection of pictures you have sent to us.

Ken Doherty takes on Shaun Murphy for the right to meet Mark Selby, a 6-5 winner over Stephen Maguire, in the Wembley semi-finals.

Ding Junhui and Stephen Lee make it through to round two of The Masters at Wembley.

A new TV channel in Germany aims to help the bereaved cope with loss by broadcasting obituaries.

A cat has apparently "predicted" the deaths of 25 residents in a nursing home in the US. It seems fanciful but can pets detect illness or even death?

England end day one of the third Test against West Indies on 296-7.

Ten things you may not know about walruses.

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is called "bossy" by other women in UK TV show Celebrity Big Brother.

Rabbits are the most abused pet in England and Wales, with 35,000 abandoned every year, says the RSPCA.