With six months to go until the London Olympics, organisers of the Games offer a glimpse of how the "Isles of Wonder" opening ceremony will look.

A total of 135 bakery workers face redundancy with the collapse of Kingdom Bakers in Fife.

Two men are charged with the murder of a man who was found shot, decapitated and burnt in Stockport.

A British soldier has been shot dead while on patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence announces.

Watford face Tottenham and Everton host Fulham in Friday's FA Cup fourth-round matches.

Council enforcement officers visit the Dale Farm travellers' site to warn owners of illegally parked caravans they must move on.

A legal expert says the discovery of files from a case where eight ex-police officers were acquitted of fabrication is very unlikely to lead to a retrial.

The education minister tells education boards to redo the reports on schools which he asked them to carry out last year.

A man previously accused of murdering journalist Martin O'Hagan has agreed to co-operate with police investigating the LVF killing, a court hears.

Ministers and Labour clash over who is responsible for RBS chief executive Stephen Hester's contract, amid anger about a £963,000 share bonus offer.

The Russian man accused by Microsoft of being behind the Kelihos botnet attack insists he is "absolutely not guilty".

The social network and Washington State sue a marketing firm over claims that it deceived users by hiding 'Like' buttons.

Twitter says it now has the technology to censor tweets on a country by country basis, a move which is criticised by freedom of information campaigners.

A European Parliament rapporteur stands down in protest as a controversial anti-piracy agreement is signed by several countries.

While America is running down its manned space programme - further north - two Canadian students have shown that flying into space does not always have to be rocket science.

A crowdsourced version of the sci-fi classic Star Wars: A New Hope becomes an internet hit after nearly three years in production. This and more in this week's tech news.

Kate Russell looks at ways to keep motivated when exercising and new innovations for education websites.

An £80m Home Office programme to give police forces Blackberrys and other mobile devices has been criticised by the National Audit Office.

Military experts gathered in London this week to discuss the growing threat of cyber-attacks to international security.

The firm's UK boss responds to claims its smartphones are falling out of favour