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• Two arrested over city drug farm
  Two men are arrested after police found 468 cannabis plants being cultivated in a flat in the west end of Glasgow.
  
  
• From Ushers with love
  How the British award winning Ushers brewery ended up in North Korea producing beer dubbed the Pride of Pyongyang
  
  
• Human chain demo over power plant
  Environmental protesters join hands to form a human chain around a power station in Kent.
  
  
• Group meets over threat to plant
  A community group meets over the impact of the potential closure of Anglesey Aluminium, but the threat to the smelter remains.
  
  
• Party alliance fights Diageo cuts
  A cross-party alliance aims to draw up an alternative business plan to counter Diageo's plans to close its Kilmarnock plant.
  
  
• Three jailed over cannabis haul
  Three men from Devizes are jailed at Salisbury Crown Court for growing cannabis plants with a street value of more than £5,000.
  
  
• Timeline: N Korea nuclear stand-off
  BBC News Online charts the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula over North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions.
  
  
• Police discover cannabis factory
  Police find 380 cannabis plants, with a street value of about £95,000, at a house in Perthshire.
  
  
• Sewage scheme helps protect Spey
  Scottish Water says the new sewage plant for Newtonmore will help to protect the River Spey from pollution.
  
  
• Brazil's huge wetland under threat
  The BBC's Gary Duffy discovers the stunning wildlife of the Brazilian Pantanal - and assesses the threats to the future of this beautiful wetland described as "a vast ecological sanctuary".
  
  
• Salmond slams Diageo management
  First Minister Alex Salmond condemns management at Diageo the day after the company said it planned to cut up to 900 jobs.
  
  
• Arrests over cannabis plant find
  More than 100 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of tens of thousands of pounds are found at a house in Darlington.
  
  
• 140 redundancies at metal plant
  Anglesey Aluminium is offering 140 staff voluntary redundancy because a cheap electricity deal has not been reached.
  
  
• Extinct wild plant re-introduced
  A plant that has been extinct in in Britain for nearly 30 years has been successfully re-introduced in Sussex.
  
  
• Troops radio deal 'secures jobs'
  Contracts for a £231m communication system upgrade are given to a plant in Wales safeguarding hundreds of jobs.
  
  
• Fresh hopes over steel plant jobs
  A union which represents many workers at a threatened Teesside steel plant says it has made a significant breakthrough in a bid to save jobs.
  
  
• Man questioned over stolen plants
  A man is arrested after hundreds of stolen plants and garden ornaments are found in a police raid on an East Yorkshire house.
  
  
• Diageo to cut 900 Scottish jobs
  Drinks giant Diageo announces that it is to shed about 900 jobs by closing facilities in Glasgow and Kilmarnock.
  
  
• Chapter closes on whisky history
  The BBC news website examines the history of the Port Dundas Distillery, as owners Diageo announce its closure.
  
  
• From bush to bike - a bamboo revolution
  An innovative company in Zambia hopes its environmentally friendly bicycles made from bamboo will also make a profit.