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Schools 'let down invisible poor'
Education watchdog Ofsted says the problem of pupil underachievement has shifted from inner cities to schools in suburbs, coastal towns and rural areas.
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Osborne considers Ulster Bank move
Chancellor George Osborne raises possibility of splitting Ulster Bank into 'good and bad banks'
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CQC 'may reveal NHS cover-up names'
England's NHS regulator is to review a decision not to name those behind a possible "cover-up" after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital.
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UK banks face £27.1bn shortfall
The Prudential Regulation Authority says the UK's top banks and building societies need to fill a £27.1bn hole in their balance sheets.
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Andy Murray: Your questions answered
Wimbledon pressure, fantasy football and dunking custard creams - Andy Murray answers readers' questions
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Silver 'boost to antibiotic success'
Adding silver to antibiotics boosts their ability to fight infection, research suggests.
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'Carnage' warning over council cuts
Welsh councils are warned they will have to slash services or raise council tax above 5% if they face budget cuts like their English counterparts.
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Sopranos actor James Gandolfini dies
James Gandolfini, the US actor best known for his role as a therapy-seeking mob boss in The Sopranos, dies at the age of 51.
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Many pupils struggle with basic sums
Pupils in half of Wales' secondary schools and 40% of primaries have weak numeracy skills with many struggling with basic sums, inspectors find.
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PSNI: March season can be peaceful
A senior police officer has said there is no reason to believe the forthcoming marching season will create difficulties.
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Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension
The US Secretary of State John Kerry calls the Afghan leader to defuse tension over the opening of a Taliban office, an Afghan official tells the BBC.
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Singapore smog hits hazardous levels
Singapore and Indonesia schedule an emergency meeting after haze in Singapore soars to hazardous levels, breaking all previous records.
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U-turn fails to end Brazil protests
Brazilian authorities promise to reverse public transport fare rises that sparked unrest, but nationwide protests continue unabated.
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Bad weather hits India flood rescue
Bad weather is hampering rescue operations in the flood-hit Indian state of Uttarakhand, where nearly 150 people have died.
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Newspapers ponder CQC 'cover-up'
Papers ponder health watchdog 'cover-up'
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VIDEO: Astronaut gives lecture from space
China has held its first classroom lecture from its orbiting space station as part of efforts to appeal to young people.
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Funeral for hen party crash teenager
The funeral of a teenager who was killed when a hen party's minibus crashed will take place later.
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Eurotunnel accused of overcharging
Brussels says passengers going through the Channel Tunnel are paying over the odds, because Eurotunnel is overcharging the train companies for using the track.
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Warning issued over webcam hackers
A charity is advising people to cover their webcams when they are not in use because hackers could be using them to spy on you.
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VIDEO: WWII pilots survived crash on glacier
Author Mitchell Zuckoff tells the BBC about the remarkable series of rescue attempts after US planes crashed on a glacier in Greenland during WWII - and how some of the crew survived an Arctic winter on the ice.
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