Standing in for David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has insisted it is for the police to decide how to proceed over the News of the World phone hacking row.

The Scottish FA apologises to Liechtenstein for the "disgraceful" booing of their national anthem before the Euro 2012 qualifier.

At least 30 workers are rescued and at least two are missing after a storm causes an oil rig off China's north-east coast to list dangerously.

The debt-laden Greek economy shrank by a surprise 1.8% in the second quarter as households slashed spending.

A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary.

Calls for different degrees of murder charges have received the backing of the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, the BBC learns.

A fungus that 'eats' cine film threatens to irreversibly damage important film archive and record of British social history.

Domestic heat pumps need to be subject to tighter regulations in order for them to deliver widespread energy savings, a report suggests.

An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom's Indian phone assets.

Euro MPs accuse the European Commission of failing to protect Roma (Gypsies) deported from France.

Natascha Kampusch, who was kidnapped and held in a cellar for more than eight years as a child, launches her autobiography in Vienna.

The US church threatening to burn Korans on 9/11

Tony Blair pulls out of a second event related to his memoirs amid threats of disruption by an anti-Iraq war protest.

Police are concerned about a 14-year-old girl from Bristol who has been missing with her 11-month-old daughter since Friday.

Cuba's Fidel Castro criticises Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes.

Former Rangers star player Brian Laudrup, who won three championships with the club, has vowed to beat cancer.

The UK visits of Benedict XVI and John Paul II compared

Tory MEP Daniel Hannan pushes for a referendum on whether the UK should stay in the European Union, calling it a "matter of major constitutional significance".

One of the post-mortem examination reports into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been withheld from authorities, it emerges.

UK manufacturing output rises 0.3% in July from the month earlier, thanks to increased output in the machinery sector.