From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 2:56 PM

Egyptian-American comic Ronnie Khalil has just headlined the first major stand-up comedy show in Cairo since the Egyptian revolution.Local comedians joined him on stage at the gigs, which were delivered half in Arabic, half in English.The satirist told the BBC World Service that taboos on what y...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 2:44 PM

Colonel Gaddafi’s forces have begun a counter attack in western Libya, against rebels who have been fighting hard to advance towards the capital of Tripoli.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 12:37 PM

Two pilots have been cleared of any blame for an RAF Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 which killed all 29 people on board.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 11:31 AM

The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, whose phone was allegedly hacked by the News of the World, have said they are "delighted" that the Prime Minister has announced a full judge-led inquiry into phone hacking.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 11:31 AM

Hastings Olympic yachtsman Mark Covell has launched a campaign to find a crew for a boat which is being built as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 10:54 AM

An island off the Pembrokeshire coast that is home to a Napoleonic fort once used as a hotel, is up for sale.A company that drew up plans to upgrade Thorn Island near Milford Haven into a five-star retreat has gone into administration and the island is back on the market.Pembrokeshire reporter S...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 10:54 AM

The Speaker chastised children’s minister Tim Loughton for "disgraceful" behaviour as he tried to calm a noisy House of Commons.John Bercow told MPs to behave like adults or leave the chamber during prime minister's questions.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 10:25 AM

Sixteen police officers in Northern Ireland were injured during last night’s violence.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 9:49 AM

Are scripted reality shows like "The Only Way Is Essex", "Geordie Shore" and "Made In Chelsea" forms of regional racism?The MP for Liverpool Walton says programmes like those will only reinforce the stereotypes created by "Bread" and "Brookside" in the 1980s.BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast’s Nicky Ca...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 9:49 AM

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 8:42 AM

Thousands have joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai to mourn at the funeral of his half-brother near Kandahar.Ahmad Wali Karzai, a controversial but key figure in Nato’s battle against the Taliban, was gunned down at home by his bodyguard on Tuesday.The BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul sa...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 8:13 AM

A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfully inserted into orbit six US Globalstar 2 communications satellites, according to Russian state TV reports.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 8:13 AM

More snow is expected in the coming days with temperatures expected to drop to -17 Celsius.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 8:13 AM

The European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki explains why the current fishing practices are not sustainable.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 8:12 AM

A male anorexia sufferer tells Newsbeat he weighed seven stone at the worst stage of the condition and his heart rate was "remarkably low".

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 7:06 AM

Robots that hunt out snacks and wipe tables have been competing in the world league of intelligent mechanoids.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 5:59 AM

Paul Henley reports on fear of financial collapse in Italy.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 5:58 AM

Some members of the Muslim community say they face so many problems at Glasgow Airport that they have given up taking domestic flights.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:14 AM

The European Fisheries Commission is to publish proposals for a major reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.British ministers want to see an end to the wasteful practice of discards, where perfectly good, dead fish, are thrown back into the sea because the quota system doesn’t allow them to be l...

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:14 AM