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The government launches a 12-week consultation on allowing gay couples in England and Wales to marry.

Same-sex partners give their views on gay marriage

The chairman of Parliament's spending watchdog promises to make life "uncomfortable" for ministers and civil servants who refuse to comply with it.

Tourists will not be charged for trips up the the Big Ben clock tower until at least 2015, after a U-turn by the Commons group which suggested the idea.

An independent review is set to propose radical changes to how police officers and staff in England and Wales are recruited, assessed and paid.

One of China's best-known politicians and likely leadership candidates Bo Xilai is removed from his post as a party chief, the state news agency reports, following a scandal.

A medieval madrigal believed to be the oldest song in the English language enjoys a revival from an unlikely source.

In the wake of Goldman Sachs Vice-President Greg Smith's resignation, BBC News spoke to one of his former colleagues, Peter Kizenko, who left to set up a Russian spa.

Prince Harry has admitted that, when it comes to girls, the need to meet someone who "would be willing to take on a role" weighs on his mind.

Councils spent £90m repairing 1.7 million potholes across England and Wales last year but there is still a massive backlog, a survey suggests.

Thames Water is taking months to repair leaks despite claiming an average repair time of five days, a BBC investigation finds.

A bill aimed at reducing food waste has had its first reading in the Commons, but why is bread Britain's most wasted food?

Will a new weather satellite improve the forecast?

Strictly Kosher - the diverse lives of Britain's Jews in the 21st Century.

The giant machines carving out London's Crossrail tunnels

A would-be Orkney thief, who was fought off by a worker with a sticky tape dispenser, has admitted assault and attempted robbery.

Greeks struggle with falling wages and rising prices

A group of Dutch universities is touring schools in England this week with the aim of recruiting students to study in Holland.

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are top of a global league table of university reputation - in a top 100 dominated by US institutions.

Spanish doctors say they have successfully operated the lung of a foetus for the first time.