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Greggs food chain chief Ken McMeiken has criticised the Chancellor George Osborne on the BBC's Newsnight programme, after last week's budget introduced VAT on warm meat pies and other hot food.

The world's largest research databank for cleft lip and palate is being set up in the UK.

Playing music to patients while they go under the knife reduces their anxiety and may even improve healing, surgeons say.

The stance taken in England on replacing PIP breast implants - at the centre of a health scare - "flies in the face of common sense", MPs say.

A growing and vocal group of conservative Muslims are unhappy with dangdut music. Critics say it has been corrupted by vulgar lyrics and erotic dances over the years.

Scots cyclist David Millar, banned from the Olympics for doping, says people make mistakes and should be given a second chance.

The inventor of the so-called red sea-snake Pelamis wave energy device is honoured for his contribution to the renewables sector.

Bottlenose dolphins in Australia organise their complex society into gang-like groups of males, according to scientists.

The Argentines who don't back their government's claims

Plans to allow students to apply for university places after they receive their A-level grades have been dropped.

Teachers and lecturers in London are staging a one-day strike in a dispute over pensions.

Early days in a DIY biological revolution

Is it smart to lend your brand to a gridlocked road?

Drought conditions are confirmed in parts of Yorkshire by the Environment Agency.

The power of the human brain is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection

US doctors have carried out what they say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed, by giving a man a new jaw, teeth and tongue.

Everton manager David Moyes says Liverpool will be favourites for the FA Cup semi-final when the derby rivals meet at Wembley next month.

Roberto di Matteo feels his bold selection policy is vindicated after Chelsea take control of their Champions League tie against Benfica.

How long before US parent GM closes plants in Europe?

An 18-year-old has been picked up by the Ecuadorean coast guard, after apparently surviving 28 days at sea by drinking rain water and eating raw fish.