Last updated on Saturday 26th May 2012 05:32:07 PM GMT
- UK plans for EU immigration rise
The Home Office draws up contingency plans to cope with a possible large increase in immigration from Greece if the euro collapses.
- Anti-cuts protest at Clegg's home
Hundreds of anti-cuts protesters gather outside Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's home in south-west London.
- Welsh valleys welcome torch relay
Thousands of people line the route of the Olympic torch relay as it winds its way from Cardiff, where Doctor Who star Matt Smith carried the flame, through the south Wales valleys towards Swansea.
- Miliband fears for Afghan future
The international community must "up its game" to secure a lasting political settlement for Afghanistan, the Labour leader Ed Miliband has said during a secret visit to the country
- Second body found in Indian river
The body of the second of two British men who went missing during a canoeing trip in India is found.
- Nations 'wasting time' on climate
The latest round of UN climate talks makes little progress against a "coalition of the unwilling", observers say.
- Brazil forest bill part-vetoed
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed some of the articles in the controversial forest code, which environmentalists say could speed up deforestation.
- Earliest music instruments found
Researchers excavating a cave in Germany identify what they say are the oldest-known musical instruments in the world.
- Station grabs SpaceX Dragon ship
The first commercial cargo ship to visit the space station is attached to the orbiting laboratory by a robotic arm.
- Nations to share giant telescope
The Square Kilometre Array - one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century - will be hosted by both Africa and Australasia.
- Spain's Bankia seeks 19bn euros
Spain's fourth-largest bank, Bankia, asks for a bailout worth 19bns euros ($24bn; £15bn), and admits that it made a massive loss last year.
- Apple's boss rejects $75m payout
Apple's boss, Tim Cook, turns down a payout worth about $75m (£48m) that he was due from the technology giant's upcoming dividend.
- High Streets to share £1.2m pot
Twelve English High Streets - from Cornwall to Northumberland - will share a £1.2m pot of government cash to rejuvenate shopping areas.
- Some holiday money rates 'unfair'
The same currency exchange providers can offer significantly different rates across the UK, a consumer group says.
- Football creditors rule to stay
The High Court has rejected an attempt by HMRC to get the so-called "football creditors rule" abolished in England.
- Patients' ratings 'to boost care'
A new NHS patient rating system - known as the "friends and family test" - is to be introduced to help improve nursing care in England.
- Male 'contraceptive gene' found
It may be possible to develop a new form of male contraceptive after researchers in Edinburgh identified a critical gene for the production of healthy sperm.
- NHS trusts 'ration eye surgery'
A growing number of primary care trusts are placing restrictions on access to eye surgery, figures obtained by campaigners show.
- C-section 'link' to child obesity
Babies who are delivered through Caesarean section are twice as likely to become obese than those born traditionally, US research suggests.
- Calcium pills pose 'heart risk'
People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.
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