Shooting at US Holocaust museum
An elderly man said to be a white supremacist shoots dead a guard at Washington's Holocaust museum before being wounded.

Floods hit transport and schools
Flash floods bring disruption to South Yorkshire and Derbyshire with schools closed and workers stranded.

Woman in court over 'sex assault'
A nursery worker is due in court charged with sexual assault and three counts relating to the distribution of indecent images of children.

Ann Widdecombe seeks Speaker role
Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe announces that she is to stand for election to be Commons Speaker.

Register call for home educators
A review of home education legislation will recommend that parents who home educate are registered annually.

Councils criticised over Icelandic banks
An all-party group of MPs have criticised councils for not spotting the warning signs that Icelandic banks were heading for collapse.

Gaddafi in historic trip to Italy
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has arrived in Rome on his first visit to Italy, Libya's former colonial ruler.

Lover admits to kinky sex killing
The lover of one of Europe's most influential bankers breaks down in court and admits killing him after kinky sex.

Blue Badges 'unlawfully' withheld
Councils could be breaking the law by refusing to issue disabled people Blue Badge parking permits which they are entitled to receive.

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Medals for everyone in England's 1966 World Cup winning squad
The players and staff of England's 1966 World Cup triumph who did not get winners' medals have now received them.

Indian prostitutes turn to karate to help keep them safe
Prostitutes in southern India take karate lessons to protect themselves from violent customers and pimps.

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England hit sorry Andorra for six
England thrash Andorra 6-0 to record a seventh successive win in their World Cup qualifying group.

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Confident Murray eases past Seppi
British number one Andy Murray brushes aside Andreas Seppi in his opening match of the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club.

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Lions too strong for brave Sharks
The Lions continue their unbeaten start to the tour of South Africa with a five-try win over the Sharks in Durban.

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Ospreys return after 200 years
Ospreys nest in Northumberland for the first time since being hunted to extinction in the 18th Century.

Concern over sex offender release
Scotland's prisons inspector warns jailed sex offenders are not prepared for release, and hits out at overcrowding levels.

City's £200m shops plan scrapped
A landmark city centre shopping centre is scrapped after the firm behind it pulled out because of the economic downturn.

Paisley in TUV election challenge
Ian Paisley has issued a challenge to Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister to challenge for his North Antrim seat.

Gabon's interim leader sworn in
The speaker of the senate in Gabon is sworn in as interim head of state, following recent the death of Omar Bongo.

Disputed Peru land laws suspended
Peru's parliament suspends two land laws that triggered deadly clashes between police and indigenous Amazonian protesters.

Iran's president attacks election rivals
Iran's President Ahmadinejad ends his re-election campaign with a TV appearance accusing his rivals of trading in lies and insults.

N Korea draft resolution agreed
Key UN Security Council members agree a draft resolution to expand sanctions on North Korea over its latest nuclear test.

Chrysler and Fiat complete deal
Chrysler and Fiat seal a deal that will leave Fiat owning 20% of a new Chrysler Group, overcoming a last-minute objection.

Search for Pakistan blast victims
Rescuers search for victims of a suicide attack on a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar which killed at least 18 people.

Councils rapped over Iceland cash
Some local councils with money in Icelandic banks showed a "lack of expertise" when dealing with public funds, MPs say.

Open government 'must be routine'
Public bodies should automatically release all information that does not need to stay secret, says the information commissioner.

Urgent kidney patients 'failed'
Doctors have been failing patients who develop emergency kidney problems in hospital, a national inquiry has found.

Call for student tax - not fees
Students are calling for the abolition of tuition fees and their replacement with a graduate tax.

Japan sets 'weak' climate target
Japan's prime minister plans to cut greenhouse emissions by 15% by 2020, a target slammed as "appalling" by environmentalists.

Ramsay sorry over Grimshaw insult
Chef Gordon Ramsay says he is "deeply mortified" by the row over insulting remarks made about presenter Tracy Grimshaw.

China's computers at hacking risk
The first independent tests of screening software that will be installed on all Chinese computers finds it opens users to serious security risks.