Political support for a windfall tax on leading energy suppliers is growing but the financial implications are far from clear.

How the South African came to be the world's best pace bowler

Fire crews are going without flood equipment one year on from the deluge of summer 2007, a study claims.

The BBC's Asia Bureau Chief Paul Danahar responds to Chinese readers' views, after the website became accessible to people in China for the first time in years.

A convict fails in his High Court attempt to get the cost of calls from a prison reduced.

The judge hearing an appeal against a conviction for breaching the Hunting Act reserves judgment in the case.

The first wave of academies have had cost overruns of up to £3m each, says the public spending watchdog.

BBC business presenter Peter Day interviews Toyota chairman Fujio Cho, only the second boss of the firm not to be a member of the Toyota family.

The parents of a disabled boy lose their High Court bid to challenge the closure of an A&E unit.

An MP fails in his bid for a judicial review into whether ministers can be forced to answer questions properly.

ELO are the band we love, but hate to admit it, according to a list this week, while Top of the Pops became a victim of its unhip-ness. But when it comes to what's in and what's out, haven't we gone beyond cool, asks Alan Connor.

The families of British soldiers killed in Iraq make a legal breakthrough in their bid for a full public inquiry.

A Bangladeshi man is to be separated from his family after being told he cannot challenge his deportation.

As UN delegates meet to find a way forward on climate change, Aubrey Meyer argues a solution already exists.

David Nalbandian beats Nikolay Davydenko to win his second Estoril Open title.

A judge puts off sentencing as he criticises social reports on three teenagers who killed 17-year-old Ben Bellamy.

It should be possible to have an immigration debate without descending into race politics, says Brian Walden in his weekly opinion column.

"I don't believe in 'isms, said David Cameron. "We're beyond ideology" said Tony Blair. Are we? Analysis's Bob Tyrrell examines the issue.

The House of Lords rules against a family of travellers in a row that could have stopped evictions around Britain.

An imbalance in the extradition arrangements between Britain and the US could yet be tested in the Lords, writes legal affairs analyst Jon Silverman.