http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.en-gbFri, 24 Feb 2012 10:58:50 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse.http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gifhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/1206015Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group makes a loss of £3.5bn in 2011 after setting aside £3.2bn to cover PPI claims.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17151214http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17151214Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:51:55 GMTTunisia hosts a major conference to seek a breakthrough in Syria, with fresh pressure set to be placed on Damascus to allow humanitarian access.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17144805http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17144805Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:30:58 GMTA Briton accused of selling batteries for Iranian missiles describes his treatment as "a disgrace" as he arrives at Heathrow to be extradited to the US.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-london-17146487http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17146487Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:54:27 GMTA man pleads guilty to starting a "catastrophic" fire at a furniture shop in Croydon, south London, during the summer riots.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-london-17154157http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17154157Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:52:46 GMTA pub landlady has won her court fight with the English Premier League over using a Greek TV decoder to screen games.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17150054http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17150054Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:58:05 GMTEric Joyce, the MP for Falkirk, is charged with three counts of common assault following a disturbance at a House of Commons bar.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-17150381http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17150381Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:16:31 GMTClaims that a senior Met Police officer inappropriately disclosed information to a News International executive are being investigated by a watchdog.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-17151394http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17151394Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:51:17 GMTMore must be done by government to help prevent young refugees and asylum seekers from falling into destitution, a children's charity warns.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-17148759http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17148759Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:16:06 GMTA second official estimate of GDP confirms that the UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the last three months of 2011.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17152253http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17152253Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:24:14 GMTA huge air strike in al-Shabab-held southern Somalia kills at least six people, including some foreigners, eyewitnesses tell the BBC.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-17152158http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17152158Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:17:51 GMTAfghan protesters take to the streets for a fourth consecutive day over the burning of Korans at a US air base.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17152705http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17152705Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:37:57 GMTA court hearing into the 1980 disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain, whose parents claim she was killed by a dingo, reopens in Australia.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17150393http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17150393Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:39:25 GMTA moth with a taste for Chardonnay leaves, which has infested vineyards across northern Italy, is a new species of leafminer, scientists say.http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17139837http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17139837Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:29:28 GMTCommons Speaker John Bercow says the public will think they are being "fleeced" by having to pay £30,000 a year for 12 fig plants in a parliamentary building.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-17148993http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17148993Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:54:31 GMTPayday lenders are to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading amid concerns that customers are not being treated fairly.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17153544http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17153544Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:46:57 GMTCredit card insurer CPP says it faces a bill of £15m after agreeing with the City watchdog to review its past sales.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17152272http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17152272Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:59:09 GMTBakery chain Greggs becomes the latest company to voice concern over the government's controversial work experience scheme for jobless people.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-17150593http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17150593Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:06:30 GMTEntrepreneur Emma Harrison steps down as the government's "family champion" amid a police probe into irregularities at her company A4e.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-17145225http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17145225Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:51:02 GMTCancer patients in England who are young, female or from an ethnic minority face a longer wait to be diagnosed, researchers say.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-17138692http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17138692Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:25:17 GMTSome antipsychotic medication may increase the risk of death in patients with dementia more than others, according to US research.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-17138683http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17138683Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:24:14 GMTResearch suggests many children in care are given little or even no notice of being moved to a different placement.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-17146293http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17146293Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:20:20 GMTMPs have expressed shock that almost a third of 18-year-olds with special educational needs are not in any form of education, employment or training.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-17131686http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17131686Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:50:14 GMTApple can for now continue to sell the iPad tablet in Shanghai after a court ruling over naming rights is suspended on Thursday.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17143417http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17143417Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:56:55 GMTSir Richard Branson wins the right to control richardbranson.xxx after an Australian man was ruled to have registered the domain "in bad faith".http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-17140357http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17140357Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:08:55 GMTResearchers who reported the surprising find of faster-than-light neutrinos in 2011 find two potential sources of error in their experiment.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-17139635http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17139635Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:02:18 GMTThe practice of dumping millions of tonnes of waste rock from mining in deep Norwegian fjords is coming under close scrutiny from the country's scientists.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-17136821http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17136821Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:53:49 GMTCoronation Street producer Phil Collinson says he "stands by" a recent rape storyline but accepts mistakes were made during production.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17140662http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17140662Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:28:58 GMTUS Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams is made an "honorary Irishwoman" as she picks up an Oscar Wilde award three days before the Academy Awards.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17116320http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17116320Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:01:11 GMTYears of sexual abuse scandals have hit the image of the Catholic Church. So what drives the young men who want to be ordained?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17127175http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17127175Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:53:45 GMTMany vegetarians avoid meat only for ethical reasons, so would they be able to eat meat grown in a laboratory?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17113214http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17113214Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:53:10 GMTWolves promote assistant boss Terry Connor to fill the club's managerial vacancy until the end of the season.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17153404http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17153404Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:49:20 GMTMicah Richards reveals his pain at being overlooked by England, claiming former manager Fabio Capello "had his favourites".http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17150046http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17150046Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:21:09 GMTOwen Farrell is confident he will thrive in his first start for England at fly-half against Wales on Saturday.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17152824http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17152824Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:18:28 GMTMark Lawrenson goes head-to-head with actor Stephen Grahamhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17106280http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17106280Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:38:25 GMTGangs of youths clash with police after targeting takeaway businesses in Greater Manchester.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-manchester-17149799http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-17149799Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:10:05 GMTFifteen people are arrested after a bar is vandalised ahead of Manchester United's Europa League game with Ajax.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-manchester-17151096http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-17151096Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:39:22 GMTRangers' tax bill is much greater than the £9m that forced the club into administration, BBC Scotland understands.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-17146506http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17146506Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:14:24 GMTEngineers reopen the A83 Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll which had been closed after a landslip on Wednesday.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17154492http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17154492Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:41:07 GMTThe University of Ulster buys a large swathe of land in Belfast to house its new £250m campus.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-17142490http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17142490Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:44:03 GMTPeople in Northern Ireland have a greater chance of recovering from cancer than sufferers in some other parts of the UK, according to researchers at Queen's University.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-17149760http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17149760Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:11:21 GMTBBC Wales has discovered more evidence of problems in the relationship between the University of Wales and other colleges where it validates degrees.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-17147094http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17147094Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:50:17 GMTMinisters were advised four years ago against merging three south Wales universities, BBC Wales can reveal.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-17149629http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-17149629Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:02:47 GMTA Nigerian school is set alight - the second non-religious school in the Islamist militant stronghold of Maiduguri to be targeted this week.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-17147625http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17147625Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:19:17 GMTThe European Court of Human Rights says Italy violated the rights of Eritrean and Somali migrants by sending them back to Libya.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17138606http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17138606Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:47:48 GMTKevin Rudd will challenge Prime Minister Julia Gillard in the Australia Labor party leadership ballot on Monday, he has confirmed.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17150602http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17150602Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:25:50 GMTGunmen attack a police station in north-western Pakistan, killing at least three policemen and injuring seven others, officials say.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17150807http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17150807Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:22:38 GMTFormer Bosnian Serb forces commander Gen Ratko Mladic says the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is biased in its trial against him.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17144552http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17144552Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:55:47 GMTThousands of supporters hear Vladimir Putin deliver a strongly patriotic speech at a Moscow stadium as he bids for re-election.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17136644http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17136644Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:39:42 GMTVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had cancer last year, is heading to Cuba again on Friday for surgery to remove a potentially cancerous lesion.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-17148148http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17148148Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:55:53 GMTDozens of disabled people clash with police in Bolivia's main city of La Paz during a protest calling for higher state subsidies.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-17150809http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17150809Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:16:58 GMTAt least 55 people are killed and hundreds injured in a wave of bombings and shootings targeting mainly police officers in Shia areas of Iraq.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17136646http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17136646Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:10:14 GMTUrgent government action is the only thing that can stem the crisis facing the Mediterranean's wetlands.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-17129989http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17129989Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:01:58 GMTThe US Army private accused of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks defers a plea on 22 charges at the start of his court martial.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-17148496http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17148496Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:36:57 GMTThe senate in the US state of Maryland passes a gay marriage bill, making it the eighth US state assembly to approve such a measure.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-17149605http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17149605Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:55:15 GMTLarge-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africahttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-17116284http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17116284Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:49:46 GMTOn show for the first time in the UKhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/in-pictures-17095523http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-17095523Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:59:32 GMT24 hours of news photos: 23 February 2012http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/in-pictures-17139548http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-17139548Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:39:11 GMTReaders' pictures on the theme gameshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/in-pictures-17124570http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-17124570Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:58:06 GMTPhotographer Simon Annand's latest workhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17114754http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17114754Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:10:38 GMTLife in war-torn Mogadishuhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-17116237http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17116237Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:31:24 GMTA commuter train crash in Buenos Aireshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-17131192http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17131192Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:48:43 GMT24 hours of news photos: 22 Februaryhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/in-pictures-17124569http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-17124569Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:36:39 GMTThe prime minister is "running away" from his weekly question session with MPs, shadow Commons leader Angela Eagle has claimed.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9698000/9698712.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9698000/9698712.stmThu, 23 Feb 2012 12:39:58 GMTA court in Australia has been hearing about the role of a dingo in the disappearance of a baby girl 30 years ago.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-17150703http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17150703Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:39:00 GMTA primary school in Essex is giving its pupils speech lessons to aid their spelling and grammar.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-17151156http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17151156Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:52:31 GMTIncreasing numbers of Greeks are beating rising prices by crossing borders to do their shopping.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17151637http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17151637Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:51:43 GMTThe BBC's Chris Morris reports from Venice on how the economic reforms of Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti are affecting the iconic Italian location.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-17150648http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17150648Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:44:20 GMTA United Nations panel has delivered a list of Syrian officials who could be investigated for crimes against humanity.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17146276http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17146276Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:57:23 GMTThe BBC's Andrew Harding reports from Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, as world leaders meet in London to discuss the war-torn nation's future.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-17141027http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17141027Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:46:35 GMTScience reporter Rebecca Morelle joins Triton Submarines in the Bahamas as they take a prototype, deep-diving submarine for a test dive.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-17046179http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17046179Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:51:01 GMTFun with pancakes, a tiny tiny newspaper, President Obama singing again and Vladimir Putin bobsleighing. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/newsbeat/17148488http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/17148488Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:02:11 GMTScroll down 11,000m to the deepest place on Earthhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-17013285http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17013285Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:41:25 GMTTortured and tormented - why is The Scream so hugely popular?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17139576http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17139576Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:57:36 GMTWhich photos doesn’t Facebook want you to see?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17138303http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17138303Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:19:19 GMTWhat does a movie's 'key grip' actually do?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17138754http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17138754Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:10:59 GMTExperts rush to defend the reputation of Australia's dingoeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17129061http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17129061Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:04:36 GMTBritain's last maker of glass eyeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17126713http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17126713Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:11:25 GMTThe Archbishop of Canterbury debates with Richard Dawkinshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-17140107http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17140107Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:20:22 GMTCould rescuing Italy's economy sink Venice?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-17075263http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17075263Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:04:53 GMT