Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:54:06 GMT
Canoe couple jailed for fraud. A canoeist and his wife are jailed for fraudulently claiming insurance and pension money after faking his death in an accident. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:56:07 GMT
Vote revokes French 35-hour week. France's parliament passes a law which effectively ends the country's compulsory 35-hour working week. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:03:40 GMT
New E Africa food crisis warning. More than 14m people in the Horn of Africa are in need of food aid because of drought and high prices. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:57:58 GMT
Net firms in music pirates deal. Six of the UK's biggest net providers have signed up to a government plan to tackle illegal file-sharing. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:07:34 GMT
Soy foods 'reduce sperm numbers'. A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, scientists suggest. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:16:03 GMT
Tories reach out to UUP. The Conservatives and UUP are to set up a working group to consider greater co-operation between their parties. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:39:22 GMT
Renewables mandate 'undermined'. Green groups accuse the UK government of trying to sabotage Europe’s rules on renewable energy. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:52:36 GMT
UK men cleared of child sex abuse. Two Britons jailed in India for sexually abusing boys at a children's shelter are cleared on appeal. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:50:30 GMT
Police disrupt 13 terror networks. Scotland Yard reveals it has disrupted 13 terrorist networks in London in 12 months. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:28:01 GMT
President Bush explains the credit crunch: 'Wall Street got drunk'. A secret recording shows US President George W Bush explaining the problems afflicting the US stock markets: "Wall Street got drunk." | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:16:47 GMT
Family loses battle with CS Lewis estate over web domain name. An Edinburgh couple have lost a battle with the estate of Chronicles of Narnia author CS Lewis over a web domain name. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:38:30 GMT
Sunderland sign versatile Tainio. Sunderland announce the signing of Tottenham midfielder Teemu Tainio on a three-year deal. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:15:20 GMT
Shilton backs Terry for captaincy. England legend Peter Shilton believes John Terry should be given the captaincy on a regular basis. | more...

 

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:27:40 GMT
What do you want to talk about?. What do you want the world to talk about? | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:20:12 GMT
Quadrillions. The crazy numbers of Zimbabwe inflation | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:10:41 GMT
Lambeth diary. Division in Church 'like Alzheimer's" says cardinal | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:30:38 GMT
Hero's tale. How a Royal Marine risked his life to save comrades | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:38:01 GMT
Monkey magic. Sideburns, kung-fu and bad dubbing. Why was it a hit? | more...

 

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:48:23 GMT
Your US accents. Readers respond with their Yankee twangs | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:52:39 GMT
Trail of mistakes. Why the Darwins' Panama fraud was destined to fail | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:54:25 GMT
Bride-to-be dies in diving trip. A bride-to-be from South Yorkshire apparently died after suffering the bends on a diving trip in the South Pacific. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:45:27 GMT
Man murdered in front of children. A murder inquiry is launched after a man was stabbed to death while out for a walk with his girlfriend and her two children. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:12:35 GMT
Footballer, 30, dies before game. A goalkeeper collapses and dies after warming up for a friendly football match in Flintshire. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:38:10 GMT
Three held over extortion claims. Three men are arrested in the west Belfast area, in what police have said was an operation against serious crime. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:37:05 GMT
Sudan president defiant in Darfur. Sudan's president defies accusations from the International Criminal Court during a rare visit to Darfur. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:13:05 GMT
Obama firm on Iran nuclear plans. US White House hopeful Barack Obama says the world must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:35:32 GMT
Iran vows no nuclear concessions. Iran will not "retreat one iota" in its nuclear activities, its president says, defying fresh international pressure. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:24:01 GMT
China 'to allow Olympic protests'. China says it will allow demonstrations in three designated city parks during the Olympic Games in Beijing. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:33:42 GMT
Karadzic 'aims to defend himself'. War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic plans to conduct his own defence in his trial at The Hague, his lawyer says. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:55:10 GMT
New opposition front in India. India's communists and other opposition parties launch a joint campaign against rising prices and a nuclear deal with the US. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:43:30 GMT
Three-way split on rate decision. The majority of Bank of England policymakers voted to keep rates at 5% this month, but one voted for a cut and another for a rise. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:18:41 GMT
Johnson urges obesity 'movement'. Alan Johnson calls for a "national movement" to tackle obesity and warns against "vilifying the extremely fat". | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:00:58 GMT
Low uptake mars chlamydia testing. Chlamydia screening in England reached just a third of those it should have in its first full year, the BBC learns. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:51:47 GMT
Schools hunting 'missing' papers. Schools in England are trying to track down national curriculum test papers mislaid by the Sats contractor, ETS. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:19:32 GMT
Fossils date Dry Valleys' origin. Tiny fossils time the climate shift which gave rise to Antarctica's Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars. | more...

 

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:22:30 GMT
No action over Leslie rape claim. No further action is being taken over a rape allegation made against former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie, police have confirmed. | more...

 

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:56:31 GMT
Manned spaceship design unveiled. The first official image of a proposed joint Russian and European manned spacecraft is unveiled. | more...