VIDEO: How world leaders watched Chelsea win

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:08:33 GMT

Millions of football fans around the world watched Chelsea's dramatic Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich on Saturday night, including world leaders gathered for the G8 Summit at Camp David.

VIDEO: Maldives' 'apocalyptic' waste island

Sat, 19 May 2012 23:14:53 GMT

Although the Maldives are known as an unspoilt tourist paradise, the islands struggle with managing their waste, as the BBC discovered on a visit to an 'apocalyptic' island waste dump.

VIDEO: Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:40:17 GMT

A look back at the life of Bee Gee Robin Gibb, founder member of one of the most commercially successful bands of all time.

VIDEO: Deadly earthquake in northern Italy

Sun, 20 May 2012 09:42:26 GMT

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in northern Italy kills at least six people, causing serious damage to buildings in several towns.

VIDEO: Party for victorious Chelsea team

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:55:48 GMT

Tens of thousands of fans have taken to the streets of west London to welcome home Chelsea's Champions League-winning squad.

VIDEO: Olympic torch relay: Day two highlights

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:04:20 GMT

Thousands of people turned out to see rock band Muse carry the Olympic flame in their Devon hometown on the second day of the torch relay.

VIDEO: Banksy 'marks Queen's Jubilee'

Sun, 20 May 2012 10:00:37 GMT

Andrew Marr and experts ask if the graffiti artist Banksy's latest offering ahead of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee means he is as radical as ever.

VIDEO: Nato leaders discuss Afghan withdrawal

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:33:45 GMT

Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago in a summit dominated by the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

VIDEO: Military parade for Queen's Jubilee

Sat, 19 May 2012 16:43:37 GMT

Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have taken part in a parade and flypast to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

VIDEO: Facebook founder's new status

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:25:39 GMT

The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.

VIDEO: Huge crowds greet Olympic torch

Sat, 19 May 2012 08:08:56 GMT

Sailing champion Ben Ainslie starts the London 2012 Olympic torch relay from Land's End amid tight security.

VIDEO: Chen Guangcheng arrives in the US

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:36:55 GMT

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York with his wife and children to begin a new life in the United States.

VIDEO: Twitter banned in Pakistan

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:39:16 GMT

Pakistan's government has imposed a countrywide ban on the social media website Twitter.

VIDEO: Ecstatic Chelsea fans celebrate win

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:58:40 GMT

Chelsea have won the Champions League for the first time in the club's history, beating German team Bayern Munich in a penalty shoot out.

VIDEO: Deadly bomb blast at Italy school

Sat, 19 May 2012 18:02:56 GMT

A bomb has exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing at least one girl and injuring six others.

VIDEO: First theatre opens in SA's Soweto

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:47:22 GMT

South Africa is to opens its first theatre in a township - Soweto - once home to former President Nelson Mandela.

VIDEO: 'I would repeat Olympic fist protest'

Sat, 19 May 2012 18:15:00 GMT

At the Mexico City Olympics in 1968 two black medal winners made a significant political statement by raising their fists on the winners' podium.

VIDEO: Deadly car bomb blast in Syria

Sat, 19 May 2012 18:42:31 GMT

At least nine people have been killed and dozens injured after a car bomb exploded in eastern Syria, according to reports.

VIDEO: 'We've had a launch abort'

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:46:33 GMT

The US firm SpaceX has aborted the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station (ISS).

VIDEO: Flypast for Diamond Jubilee

Sat, 19 May 2012 14:04:20 GMT

Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force take part in an event to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, including a flypast of 78 current and historic aircraft.

VIDEO: Eurozone in spotlight at G8 talks

Sat, 19 May 2012 17:36:28 GMT

The leaders of the G8 group of the world's most powerful economies say they want debt-stricken Greece to remain in the eurozone.

VIDEO: The low-cost tablets battling Apple

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:03:45 GMT

LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India.

VIDEO: Chinese activist Chen flies to US

Sat, 19 May 2012 15:18:28 GMT

The Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington is on his way to the United States.

VIDEO: Beckham: 2012 a special year

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:04:59 GMT

David Beckham attends a ceremony in Athens where the Olympic flame is handed over to the UK delegation.

VIDEO: Missing fishermen search halted

Sat, 19 May 2012 17:20:21 GMT

The search for two fishermen missing off the Dorset coast has been called off, after a life-raft was found with the wreck of their boat.

VIDEO: Bomb explosion at Italy school

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:42:58 GMT

A bomb explodes in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing at least one girl and injuring six others.

VIDEO: Concordia salvage details revealed

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:41:36 GMT

The operation to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia will be the biggest of its kind, at a cost reported to be at least $300m, according to salvage firms and the ship's owners.

VIDEO: G8 leaders gather as Greek tragedy looms

Sat, 19 May 2012 04:27:01 GMT

Opening the talks at Camp David, President Obama said sorting out the problem was a matter of extraordinary importance.

VIDEO: Epic journey for rugby final

Fri, 18 May 2012 22:37:42 GMT

More than 20,000 rugby fans from Belfast and Dublin are descending on Twickenham for the first ever all-Ireland final of Europe's premier club competition, the Heineken Cup.

VIDEO: Tension over Spanish bank debts

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:04:48 GMT

The Spanish government has announced that the level of bad loans held by the country's banks is at an 18-year high.

VIDEO: UN monitors targeted by Aleppo protests

Sat, 19 May 2012 04:35:56 GMT

Two weeks ago four students were killed when government troops stormed the campus of Aleppo University, sparking wider demonstrations in Syria's main commercial centre, which had been relatively quiet.

VIDEO: How to organise a military spectacular

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:21:40 GMT

Some 2,500 troops and six massed bands will march past the Queen on Saturday to mark her Diamond Jubilee, followed by a flypast of over 80 aircraft.

VIDEO: Plaque to IRA bomb victims stolen

Fri, 18 May 2012 20:46:19 GMT

Thieves have stolen a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys who were killed in an IRA bomb attack in Warrington, Cheshire.

VIDEO: Zuckerberg rings Nasdaq bell

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:39:22 GMT

In one of the largest and most high-profile share floatations of recent years, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, rang the opening bell of the Nasdaq exchange.

VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Dita Von Teese

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:03:24 GMT

Burlesque star Dita Von Teese talks to Matthew Stadlen about why she does what she does, the art of striptease, her personal style and fitness regimes and why she is not anti-feminist.

VIDEO: France confirms early Afghan exit

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:49:52 GMT

France has confirmed it plans to withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, two years ahead of the agreed Nato schedule.

VIDEO: Kirstie: Parenting 'isn't rocket science'

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:40:21 GMT

Mother-of-two Kirstie Allsopp said it is difficult for some people to be good parents, because they didn't have good parents themselves. It comes after David Cameron dismissed claims that a new scheme to teach parenting skills amount to a 'nanny state'.

VIDEO: Dementia patient 'had 106 carers'

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:15:41 GMT

Jeanette Maitland has told the BBC that her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.

VIDEO: G8 leaders gather in the US

Fri, 18 May 2012 04:57:52 GMT

World leaders are gathering at Camp David in the US, for talks dominated by the unresolved crisis in the Eurozone.

VIDEO: Should Britain build a spaceport?

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:24:53 GMT

A new report is recommending that the UK builds its own spaceport, to enable tourists to go into space.

VIDEO: Sacha Baron Cohen as himself

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:19:03 GMT

Sacha Baron Cohen steps out of character to give a rare interview as himself, but admits it is 'probably a mistake'.

VIDEO: From prison to Belfast distillery

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:01:39 GMT

A notorious Belfast prison that held IRA inmates during the worst of the city's sectarian troubles is to be transformed into a whiskey distillery.

VIDEO: 'I felt trapped' in female body

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:34:49 GMT

Music producer Thomas Dolby describes how one of his latest songs, Simone, was inspired by his son, Harper, who was born a girl but changed genders.

VIDEO: When live TV goes wrong - it's Odd Box

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:55:56 GMT

The perils of being a reporter on live TV, the cafe just for cats and the $1,500 hot dog.

VIDEO: 'Is Facebook worth $100 billion?'

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:17:20 GMT

As Facebook floats itself on the stock exchange, technology experts attending the Future Everything conference in Manchester give their views on the company's worth.

VIDEO: Malawi babies who are fighting to grow

Fri, 18 May 2012 05:07:02 GMT

Nearly half of babies in Malawi are affeced by stunted growth because of malnutrition.

VIDEO: China activist's family claim torture

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:48:58 GMT

Relatives of the blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, have given detailed accounts of the torture and retribution they have allegedly suffered at the hands of Chinese authorities.

VIDEO: Nature in turmoil from wet spring

Fri, 18 May 2012 08:30:12 GMT

The warm March weather and the wettest April in more than a century have been playing havoc with some of the UK's wildlife.

VIDEO: Queen hosts royals for Jubilee lunch

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:21:54 GMT

Kings and queens from around the world have gathered in Britain to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

VIDEO: UK prepares for Olympic flame arrival

Fri, 18 May 2012 05:03:58 GMT

The Olympic torch will spend 70 days winding its way around the UK en-route to London for the start of the 2012 games.

VIDEO: Stolen scrap metal haul recovered

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:42:53 GMT

One of the biggest ever hauls of stolen scrap metal has been recovered by police in London.

VIDEO: Olympic torch handed over to UK

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:42:03 GMT

David Beckham and the mayor of London, Boris Johnson were part of an official delegation led by Princess Anne that travelled to Greece to collect the torch.

AUDIO: Discobolus, ancient and modern

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:20:41 GMT

The ancient Greek sculpture, Discobolus, epitome of the Olympic spirit, is going back on show at the British Museum after four years on display at foreign museums. Dr Ian Jenkins, senior curator at the British Museum, explains the history of the sculpture.

VIDEO: Facebook shares due to go on sale

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:19:16 GMT

One of the biggest floatations ever seen on world stock markets will take place today when shares in the social networking site Facebook go on sale.

VIDEO: US man's close brush with alligator

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:48:48 GMT

A scientist in North Carolina had a lucky escape when he was attacked by an alligator.

VIDEO: Help offered on bringing up baby

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:06:29 GMT

Parents are being offered free support and advice on bringing up their families, under a new initiative being launched by the government.

VIDEO: Preparing Japan's deadly fish dish

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:49:47 GMT

Chef Kunio Miura shows Roland Buerk how to prepare the potentially deadly Japanese dish blowfish.

VIDEO: A look at 'wind turbines' of the deep

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:13:38 GMT

The latest device to harness the power of the tides is being tested in the stormy waters off Orkney in the far north of Scotland.

VIDEO: Innocent man on seven years in jail

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:54:40 GMT

A 24-year-old man who has served more than seven years in jail for murder has had his conviction quashed.

VIDEO: UK's oldest living kidney donor

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:55:33 GMT

An 83-year-old man has become the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still being alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service has said.

VIDEO: Princess on pressure of Olympics

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:43:27 GMT

The Princess Royal has expressed her sympathy for athletes preparing for the London 2012 Olympic Games.