BBC News - UK

• Police failed over hack warnings
  Police should have warned people whose phones were hacked by the News of the World, a judicial review - pushed for by Lord Prescott - rules.
  
  
• Redknapp tax trial jury sent out
  The jury in the Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric tax evasion trial is sent out to consider its verdicts.
  
  
• Prince leads Dickens celebrations
  The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are leading global celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth.
  
  
• Press watchdog 'made a scapegoat'
  The Press Complaints Commission was made a scapegoat over phone-hacking at the News of the World, its former chairman tells the Leveson Inquiry.
  
  
• BP ups dividend as profits rise
  BP announces sharply higher profits and increases its dividend to shareholders for the first time since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
  
  
• Court hears social care challenge
  The ability of English councils to consider their finances when assessing people for social care is being challenged at the Supreme Court.
  
  
• Family at Ian Paisley's bedside
  The family of former first minister and DUP leader Ian Paisley spend the night at his hospital bedside.
  
  
• Abu Qatada 'may yet be deported'
  The government is still working with Jordan to try to reach assurances that will allow radical cleric Abu Qatada to be deported, the attorney general says.
  
  
• Stores offer warranty concessions
  Dixons, Comet and Argos have pledged to improve the way extended warranties for electrical goods are sold, the Office for Fair Trading says.
  
  
• MPs demand law against stalking
  A new law making stalking a specific offence is needed in England and Wales to stop harassment ending in violence, MPs and peers have said.
  
  
• Budget political broadcasts axed
  Budget Day political broadcasts have been axed, under new BBC rules.
  
  
• 'Lone wolf' terror threat warning
  The UK could face a growing threat from "lone wolf" terrorists returning from fighting overseas in the next few years, a think tank warns.
  
  
• Thirteen rescued from flood homes
  Thirteen people are rescued from their homes by police marine unit boats when a burst water main floods an Essex street.
  
  
• Explosives charges accused guilty
  A man pleads guilty at Taunton Crown Court to four charges relating to making explosives at a house in Burnham-on-Sea.
  
  
• Belfast plane emergency landing
  A plane makes an emergency landing at Belfast International Airport after it develops technical problems taking off.
  
  
• Police hunt cross-dressing thief
  Police hunt a "cross-dressing rogue" who posed as an elderly woman to steal £11,000 from her bank account.
  
  
• Jubilee gig line-up is announced
  Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney are among the artists who will play at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in London in June.
  
  
• Work finds Sir Walter's treasures
  An array of "architectural treasures" is being unearthed as the former home of Sir Walter Scott undergoes a major overhaul.
  
  
• Town plan invite for Mary Portas
  Retail expert Mary Portas is invited to Northern Ireland to advise on the content of an action plan to regenerate the country's town centres.
  
  
• NI fuel prices highest in the UK
  Northern Ireland motorists face higher fuel prices than any other region of the UK , according to the Consumer Council.
  
  
• Plaid MP leads stalking law call
  A Plaid Cymru MP leads calls for a new law making stalking a specific offence in England and Wales to stop harassment resulting in violence.
  
  
• University creating 27 new jobs
  A recruitment drive for academic staff at Aberystwyth University is described as one of the most ambitious it has ever undertaken.
  
  
• Hearts face action over tax bill
  Heart of Midlothian Football Club is given eight days by tax officials to pay an outstanding bill or face liquidation.
  
  
• Two held after flats fire rescue
  Two teenagers are detained by police over a blaze which led to a man being rescued from the 14th floor balcony of a Glasgow tower block.
  
  
• Online safety fears due to cuts
  Work to stop children falling victim to abuse and bullying could be hampered by police cuts, the Police Federation chairman says.
  
  
• Shot girl CCTV is shown to jury
  A jury is shown CCTV footage of an attack in which a five-year-old girl was hit by gunfire in an alleged gang-related shooting.
  
  
• Terry not ready to quit England
  John Terry still wants to play for England despite being stripped of the captaincy for the second time, BBC Sport understands.
  
  
• Lock Davies cited for tip tackle
  Wales lock Bradley Davies is cited for the tip tackle that saw him sin-binned in Sunday's win over Ireland.
  
  
• Bell dropped from one-day squad
  England drop Ian Bell from their one-day squad to face Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, but call up uncapped spinner Danny Briggs.
  
  
• When did the middle finger become offensive?
  A US television network has apologised after a pop star showed her middle finger during the Super Bowl halftime show. When did the gesture become offensive?
  
  
• The moment a princess became a queen
  Princess Elizabeth was enjoying a brief break from her royal duties in Kenya when she learnt that her father, George VI, had suddenly died, and she was now Queen Elizabeth II.
  
  
• Living outside the hearing world
  Cochlear implants offer some deaf people the chance to have a "sensation of sound". So why would deaf teenagers choose not to have it?
  
  
• 'Gobsmacking' tax and NHS costs
  Estimates showing £10.9bn in unpaid tax was written off and medical negligence could cost £15.7bn are examined by the Commons spending watchdog.
  
  
• Watchdog acts on Motorman queries
  The Information Commissioner says efforts to inform people whether they may have been illegally targeted by private investigators will be speeded up.
  
  
• Barton 'no risk' to Terry trial
  The Attorney General defends contempt of court laws after deciding not to prosecute Joey Barton for Twitter comments on the John Terry case.
  
  
• VIDEO: Westminster Hall
  Labour MP Frank Field is leading a debate on the operation of Wirral Borough Council.
  
  
• VIDEO: Portsmouth marks Dickens's birth
  Events are taking place in the UK and across the world to mark the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.
  
  
• VIDEO: Dawn French's weight loss secrets
  Dawn French reveals that she has lost four stone (25.4Kg) since shooting the second series of Roger and Val Have Just Got In.
  
  
• VIDEO: Many to lose pet insurance cover
  Thousands of pet owners have been told that they will not have their insurance policies renewed by Lloyds TSB and Halifax.
  
  
• VIDEO: On set with Daniel Radcliffe
  The BBC's Lizo Mzimba speaks to Daniel Radcliffe on the set of The Woman in Black.
  
  
• VIDEO: Retail remedy for the High Street
  The number of empty shops on UK High Streets is set to rise in 2012, a report has said.
  
  
• AUDIO: Barton tweets 'did not amount to risk'
  Attorney General Dominic Grieve comments on the decision to release the radical Muslim cleric, Abu Qatada, and the issue of Joey Barton's tweets on the John Terry case.
  
  
• VIDEO: OFT: 'Warranties not competitive'
  The Office of Fair Trading has said the business of extended warranties is not competitive enough and is too skewed in favour of the shops.
  
  
• AUDIO: 'Extreme concern' over cleric's release
  The BBC's Gordon Corera: Abu Qatada has a "unique influence" providing religious legitimacy to acts of violence but there is "no evidence" that he has broken the law
  
  
• Did Dickens really save poor children and clean up the slums?
  Did Dickens save poor children and clean up the slums?
  
  
• On tour with the Black Watch
  BBC Scotland examines the Black Watch's role in Helmand
  
  
• Fast broadband - who can compete with BT?
  Who can compete with BT? - Rory Cellan-Jones asks
  
  
• Moving from penguins to profiles
  How do we keep our web-savvy children safe online?
  
  
• Why spend 15 hours a week cutting coupons?
  Why spend 15 hours a week cutting up newspapers?
  
  
• Moving on after riots destruction
  How last year's riots changed people's lives
  
  
• Radical cleric's release opposed
  Papers ponder what Abu Qatada ruling says about British justice system