BBC News

• The myth of the eight-hour sleep
  Sleeping in one eight-hour chunk is a very recent phenomenon, and lying awake at night could be good for you, according to scientists and historians. […]
• Million homes 'need TV filters'
  Filters will need to be installed in almost a million UK homes to combat TV interference likely to occur from new 4G mobile services. […]
• Male extinction theory challenged
  A new study comparing chromosomes in humans and rhesus monkeys suggests genetic decay of the male sex chromosome has all but ended. […]
• More bodies from Concordia found
  Search teams in Italy find four more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January as the inquiry spreads. […]
• Western journalists die in Homs
  American Marie Colvin of the UK's Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik are among 20 people killed in the Syrian city of Homs. […]
• Second body discovered in resort
  A second body is discovered in Southport a day after a woman was found dead at a property in the Merseyside resort. […]
• Cherie Blair starts hacking case
  Cherie Blair has started legal proceedings over phone hacking, her solicitor confirms. […]
• Vicar and teacher murder charges
  A man is charged with murdering a clergyman at his South Gloucestershire vicarage and a retired teacher in Worcestershire. […]
• Peacocks sold but 3,100 jobs lost
  Fashion retailer Peacocks is sold out of administration to Edinburgh Woollen Mill, saving 6,000 jobs, but 3,100 staff will be made redundant. […]
• Bonham Carter honoured at Palace
  British actress Helena Bonham Carter is made a CBE by the Queen, two years on from playing her mother in Oscar-winning film The King's Speech. […]