A strengthening Hurricane Irene hits the Bahamas as it barrels towards the US east coast, with North Carolina bracing for its impact.

Steve Jobs resigns as chief executive at Apple and will be replaced by the firm's chief operating officer Tim Cook.

About 750,000 pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to find out their GCSE results, with another year of record scores likely.

Libyan rebels announce an amnesty and cash reward for anyone within Col Muammar Gaddafi's "inner circle" who captures or kills him.

Better preparation by and leadership from senior police in Tottenham could have prevented the riots which erupted there, the BBC is told.

Up-and-coming comedian Nick Helm wins an award for the best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe.

The UN urges governments to do more to help groups of stateless people, who are discriminated against as they live without a nationality.

A woman who attacked a cash machine in Wiltshire with a high-heeled stiletto is sought by police.