Thousands of photographs taken by playwright George Bernard Shaw are to be posted online, the National Trust announces.

Police investigating the murder of a man whose body was set alight and dumped at a golf course near Brighton visit petrol stations.

Sussex clinch promotion back to Division One of the County Championship, while leaders Nottinghamshire launch a fightback against Yorkshire in the race for the title.

Australia and New Zealand top the table in the largest ever study into global charitable behaviour, but some poor countries also scoring high.

Business Secretary Vince Cable expresses "worry" about the combination of High Street banks with investment banking, after Bob Diamond is named as Barclays' new boss.

Police appeal for information in a bid to trace a man who raped a 14-year-old girl in a Bedford park.

A 41-year-old man is treated in hospital following a shooting in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow.

UK house prices have stabilised, according to the latest survey from the Halifax.

The DUP MP for North Belfast Nigel Dodds is to step down from the assembly within days, the BBC learns.

Sir Paul McCartney is to be presented with a Kennedy Center honour at the White House in Washington in December.

Thousands of London Underground staff return to work after taking part in industrial action which severely disrupted the network.

Fire crews scale down their operation at the Linamar car parts factory in Swansea after a large blaze overnight.

Men armed with automatic weapons burst into a shoe factory in northern Honduras, killing 18 people in a suspected gang attack.

A diplomatic row between China and Japan intensifies after collisions between two Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler.

Vodafone pockets $6.5bn in cash following the sale of its 3.2% stake in China's biggest wireless operator, China Mobile.

The number of rape convictions in Wales has risen to a four-year high, according to figures revealed to BBC Wales.

Rafael Nadal beats Feliciano Lopez in straight sets to reach the US Open quarter-finals.

Barclays appointment scrutinised

The xx express surprise at their Mercury Prize win and singer-songwiter Conor J O'Brien gives the stand-out performance of the ceremony.

As preparations are made for the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing, Radio 1 Newsbeat's Natalie Jamieson has a look behind the scenes.