What price a post office? With the shutters set to fall on thousands of rural post offices, Claire Heald, of the BBC News Magazine, spends a day at her local branch to see what, if anything, makes these outposts of Britain's postal network tick.
Gardening the best medicine Green-fingered enthusiasts take part in groundbreaking research to prove the health benefits of gardening.
CBEs GBEs to CBEs in this year's New Year Honours.
UK foot-and-mouth cases round-up 2 Thousands of animals are being culled as foot-and-mouth disease spreads across the UK. Click on your region for more details.
Wednesday: sunny intervals, Max Temp: 11°C (52°F), Min Temp: 8°C (46°F) Thursday: cloudy, Max Temp: 13°C (55°F), Min Temp: 7°C (45°F) Friday: sunny intervals, Max Temp: 9°C (48°F), Min Temp: 1°C (34°F)
