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General Motors is to confirm within hours that Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant has been saved, securing the jobs of 2,100 staff, the BBC learns. David Cameron is expected to say it is his job to keep the UK safe whatever the fate of the eurozone. Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial enters its second day, with prosecutors focusing on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. Higher university tuition fees have not boosted teaching time at England's universities, research suggests. The Olympic flame is to be officially handed over to organisers of the London Games at a ceremony in Athens. Some 88% of social workers think cuts are putting vulnerable children's lives at risk, a survey five years after the death of baby Peter Connolly suggests. Housing groups warn that problems in Britain's housing market are not being fixed, on the day that figures on new house building are due. Spain's Queen Sofia cancels a visit to the UK for the Diamond Jubilee following disputes with London over the territory of Gibraltar. Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC. Local authorities across the UK should have a statutory duty to combat climate change, government advisors recommend. Mary Kennedy - the estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of John F Kennedy - is found dead at her home. Radio 2 DJ Ken Bruce has pulled in the biggest audience of his career, according to new figures from Rajar. An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says. The X Factor's Simon Cowell says he is "puzzled" about why BBC One's The Voice is not on the radio instead of TV. Liverpool's owners want the club's new boss to be in place for four to five years, but as of yet there are no front-runners. Andrew Strauss says he has not thought of giving up the England captaincy, ahead of the first Test against West Indies at Lord's. Rangers have their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo and a £160,000 fine rejected by a Scottish FA tribunal. England boss Roy Hodgson admits Scott Parker could still miss Euro 2012 despite being named in his 23-man squad. Tests 121, Runs 8540, Avg 50.23 A parliamentary committee questions the length and quality of some apprenticeships, saying six month programmes are of no real benefit. Spain's borrowing costs look set to spike in a bond auction on Thursday, as the Greek crisis saps confidence in other indebted economies. UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million in the three months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics. Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests. Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts. A third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school, according to research from the Amateur Swimming Association. Teachers' pay in England and Wales could be linked to performance and set at different local levels, under proposals set out by the government. Google revamps its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions with a new function, the Knowledge Graph. File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack. A subsea turbine which uses tidal power to generate electricity has successfully completed initial tests off Orkney. Whales that use sound to navigate are able to adjust the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noises, say scientists. The BBC Trust confirms children's shows will no longer be shown on BBC One and BBC Two after digital switchover. The Cannes jury responds to claims of sexism prompted by the lack of female filmmakers in the running for this year's Palme d'Or. We rely on traffic lights to tell us when to go. And when to stop. We should replace that with common sense, argues traffic campaigner Martin Cassini. The Kent seaside town of Sandwich is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the sandwich. Test yourself on the humble snack. Actor Ray Winstone criticises the police after a man who served seven years for a murder he always denied walked free from court. Old home movies are being used to help trigger the forgotten past of people with dementia and other memory loss. More than 60 academics from across the world gather in Scotland to examine the literary merits of the Harry Potter novels. A petition is to go to the Queen asking her to set aside legislation that punished Jacobite sympathisers and all their descendants. As research highlights a staggering shortfall in services for thousands injured as a result of the Troubles, survivors lobby Stormont. Victims' campaigner Alan McBride said there is fear among families of victims following the revelation that the PSNI kept body parts and tissue samples in 64 cases of suspicious and unexplained deaths. A five-year plan aimed at raising poor reading and writing standards in Welsh schools is published. The managing director of under-fire Cardiff Airport leaves his post, it emerges, while a new operations director is appointed by the Spanish owners. The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor tells the BBC he believes the net is closing around Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda. Seven people are killed and more than 20 injured in clashes in Libya's western desert town of Ghadames, the government says. Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he and his family have completed passport applications and officials say they should be ready in 15 days. North Korea resumes work on a light water reactor that could be used to support its nuclear programme after months of inactivity, a US institute says. France's new Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault names his government but party leader Martine Aubry will not join the cabinet. Greek leftist leader George Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of "playing poker with people's lives", as millions of euros are withdrawn from Greek banks. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurates a truth commission to investigate rights abuses, including those committed during military rule from 1964-1985. Two Mexican generals are detained and questioned on suspicion of having links to a Mexican drug cartel. Syria is losing the information war against the West, President Bashar al-Assad has said, amid continuing violence across the country. Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas swears in a new cabinet in the West Bank, a move Hamas describes as a "big error". Student protesters in Montreal storm the University of Quebec, disrupting classes as they were due to resume after a boycott protesting rising tuition fees. The US state of Texas is likely to have executed an innocent man due to careless handling of the case, a report by US law students claims. 24 hours of news photos: 16 May 2012 24 hours of news photos: 15 May 2012 Norwich Festival of music and art The Diamond Jubilee Pageant at Windsor Castle Paintings celebrate the fuller figure of some African women 24 hours of news photos: 14 May 2012 News photos from around the world Cars and stars on show ahead of the Silverstone Classic Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed a suggestion by Labour leader Ed Miliband that the police are "absolutely furious" with cuts to their budgets, retorting that cuts under Labour would be "deeper". The latest device to harness the power of the tides is being tested in the stormy waters off Orkney in the far north of Scotland. A team of speed flyers have become the world's first to successfully descend Italy's Mount Etna. Savers in Greece have been withdrawing hundreds of millions of euros from Greek banks, amid fears the country may have to withdraw from the single currency. Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts. Benoit Coueure, from the European Central Bank, has been speaking about their decision to provide a loan of more than a trillion euros to hundreds of banks. Children's programmes will no longer be shown on BBC One and Two following the digital switchover, the BBC Trust has confirmed. The Labour leader Ed Miliband has joked in the Commons about the prime minister's text correspondence with former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks. Actor Will Smith tried his hand at Olympic sports when he met members from Team GB at the Ethos Centre at Imperial College in London. The people who record every single day of a child's life Why is departure of children's TV from BBC One mourned by many? How retirement complexes could help tackle social care crisis How the Swiss Army knife had to adapt after 9/11 The day the ECB saved the eurozone's banks The Welsh director behind martial arts movie The Raid Papers discuss eurozone warnings |