Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 19:46 GMT
Gordon Brown and David Cameron have clashed over tax and terrorism on the eve of crucial local elections
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 19:46 GMT
A drunken top civil servant, who had to be protected from angry Tube passengers after telling them he was a Muslim and had a bomb, has been jailed for 12 months
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 19:17 GMT
One of Osama bin Laden's sons is planning a legal challenge in the UK after being refused entry to live with his British wife
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 18:31 GMT
A man has appeared in court in Jersey charged with raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 17:25 GMT
The Olympic torch is back on Chinese soil after a turbulent 20-nation tour, landing in the bustling financial capital of Hong Kong
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 17:16 GMT
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed that he personally intervened to block plans to increase prisoners' pay rates by 37.5% - their first rise for more than a decade
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 15:47 GMT
House prices have fallen by 1% during the past 12 months, the first year-on-year fall since 1996
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 15:31 GMT
Malaysia's resurgent opposition has disrupted Parliament's first business session with noisy arguments as politicians from both sides traded insults and jeers
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 14:35 GMT
Kate and Gerry McCann might not have left their children behind while they went out with friends on the night of Madeleine's disappearance if they had taken a buggy on holiday
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 14:07 GMT
An SS concentration camp doctor accused of murdering hundreds of prisoners is to be named as the world's most-wanted Nazi war criminal
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 13:34 GMT
German prosecutors say a 31-year-old student suspected of killing two Swedish children and injuring their mother has been extradited to Sweden
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 12:51 GMT
A million eastern European immigrants have come to the UK since 2004 - but half have now gone
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 11:26 GMT
The Anglican Communion's first gay bishop has criticised the Archbishop of Canterbury for the controversy surrounding his appointment
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 11:25 GMT
Japan's oldest giant panda, Ling Ling, a longtime star at Tokyo's largest zoo and a symbol of friendship with China, has died of heart failure
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 09:44 GMT
British troops routinely abused Iraqi detainees with techniques banned more than 30 years ago, a leading human rights lawyer claimed
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 09:30 GMT
The two sides locked in a bitter row over pensions in the Grangemouth oil refinery dispute are to consider a proposal to resolve the stand-off
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 09:04 GMT
The trial has opened of Iraq's former deputy prime minister for the execution in 1992 of several dozen merchants accused of profiteering
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 08:53 GMT
A 10-year-old British boy has died in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 08:53 GMT
Bosnia's highest war crimes court has convicted two Bosnian Serbs and a Bosnian Croat of war crimes committed during the country's 1992-95 war
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 08:13 GMT
Thousands of families are facing a surprise tax hike after Chancellor Alistair Darling confirmed that cars up to seven years old would be subject to new road duties
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 08:12 GMT
A record 14,080 adverts drew complaints last year, according to new figures which show objections about environmental claims have doubled
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 08:11 GMT
The Nigerian Supreme Court has begun hearings in a case brought by opposition leaders seeking the annulment of he country's 2007 presidential elections
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 06:32 GMT
Police finally freed nearly 200 people arrested last week in a raid on the Zimbabwe's main opposition headquarters
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 06:31 GMT
The UK's competition watchdog has unveiled a planning shake-up in a bid to boost competition in the £95 billion grocery market
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:59 GMT
The Olympic torch was paraded through the streets of Vietnam's largest city to cheers from thousands of onlookers, marking the final leg of an international tour that has been dogged by protests...
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:41 GMT
A man survived a 500ft fall into an inactive coal mine
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:41 GMT
A drunken woman was killed after wandering into a bear cage on an Ukrainian animal farm
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:41 GMT
Morrissey's song lyrics are to be used to teach students about business
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:41 GMT
An African elephant is proving quite a match for her keepers - by thrashing them at football
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:41 GMT
A historian wants to trace the origins of a West Country accent - spoken by the entire population of a tiny Pacific island
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:36 GMT
The organisers of the 2012 London Olympics have been warned that they must keep a lid on spiralling costs as they were accused by MPs of being willing 'to spend money like water'
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:36 GMT
Police on Jersey have charged a 68-year-old man with raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:05 GMT
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay plans to open a restaurant in Chicago next year, he has confirmed
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:05 GMT
Actor Terence Stamp has been divorced on the grounds of his unreasonable behaviour
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:05 GMT
Charlotte Church has urged more young mothers to breastfeed their babies
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:05 GMT
Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon said she hoped a 'sane person' would win the forthcoming US election
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:05 GMT
The lyrics of John Lennon's Give Peace A Chance are set to go under the hammer, it has been confirmed
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 04:32 GMT
A teenage student will stand accused of intending to commit acts of terrorism, police said
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 02:08 GMT
Prince William has made a secret flying visit into Afghanistan to meet frontline troops, Clarence House said
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 02:08 GMT
'It's not a part you ever grow out of. You're never too old to play Gandalf' - Actor Sir Ian McKellen speaking at the UK premiere of Speed Racer in London's Leicester Square
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 02:08 GMT
'I don't know if I will ever be able to play a character in love because I've never felt that. I am just emotionally bankrupt in that area' - Actor Terrence Howard
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 02:08 GMT
'I'm probably one of the happiest blokes you will ever meet, I have bluebirds flying out of every orifice' - Musician David Coverdale, front man for rock band Whitesnake
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 02:08 GMT
'I'm not against plastic surgery, I'm against the fear that fuels the plastic surgery.' - Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon speaking at the same premiere
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 02:08 GMT
'I believe (Dr Rowan Williams') unwillingness to confront Peter Akinola and others like him who've made statements that I think any reasonable person would find over the edge - I believe God is very...
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 22:50 GMT
Austrian police said DNA tests have confirmed a man fathered seven children with the daughter he kept captive for 24 years
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 22:50 GMT
Hopes of an end to the Grangemouth oil refinery dispute rose after a proposal was drawn up to break a deadlocked row over pensions
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 22:50 GMT
An English tourist has died after she became trapped between rocks while trying to ride down rapids in New Zealand
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 22:48 GMT
Britain is to send 600 soldiers to Kosovo to assist Nato with peacekeeping activities, Defence Secretary Des Browne announced
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 22:48 GMT
Voters in Thursday's council elections will decide their ballot on local issues not national concerns, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 22:48 GMT
British Airways is to increase its fuel surcharge, with passengers on the most-distant long-haul routes paying £30 more for a return flight
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 20:30 GMT
Three men have been arrested by counter-terrorist officers in London and Wales as part of a long-term investigation into the Tamil Tigers
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 20:30 GMT
Police are hunting a hooded man who stabbed a passer-by as he waited to buy a new edition of a notoriously violent computer game
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 18:09 GMT
A man has been charged with rape, indecent assault and gross indecency as part of an ongoing investigation into historical child abuse in Jersey
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 17:52 GMT
A man has been arrested on suspicion of multiple rapes and sexual assaults as part of an ongoing investigation into historical child abuse in Jersey
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 17:11 GMT
The UN has launched a task force aimed at tackling the global food crisis caused by soaring prices
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 16:40 GMT
With their lorry horns blaring, dozens of hauliers took their protest against record-high diesel prices to the streets of London
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 16:40 GMT
An investigation has blamed speeding for the train crash in eastern China that killed 70 people
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 16:40 GMT
Seventeen people have been given jail terms of three years to life for their roles in riots in Lhasa last month
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 15:39 GMT
Two elderly sisters fighting for the same rights as married and gay couples have lost a last-ditch legal appeal for equal treatment
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 14:25 GMT
President George Bush is to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt in May to try and speed up the Middle East peace process