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19 die in Mount Everest plane crash
A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest has crashed while attempting to land in Nepal, killing all 19 people on board. The turboprop plane belonging to Buddha Air was carrying 13 foreign...
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Cut VAT to boost economy: Miliband
Ed Miliband has urged the Government to "change course" on the economy as he declared the coalition's austerity measures were "not working". The Labour leader accused the coalition of failing to meet...
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Union seeks talks over BAE cuts
Union leaders are seeking urgent talks with defence giant BAE Systems after news that the firm is planning to axe 3,000 jobs in a "hammer blow" to the industry. Unite said it wanted to clarify which...
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Bank plan to save single currency
An injection of funds into a number of continental banks is the cornerstone of the three-pronged plan being discussed to save the single currency. The shoring up of banks under a recapitalisation...
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Fighters attack Gaddafi home town
Libya's revolutionary forces say they have stepped up a siege around Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte to wear down his loyalist forces inside. The fighters set up new roadblocks and checkpoints...
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Five arrests after fatal stabbing
A man has been found stabbed to death in Kent in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The 21-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics who were called to an address in Sutton Road,...
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Ex-UVF chief Gusty Spence dies
Former Ulster Volunteer Force leader Gusty Spence has died in hospital. He was 78. Spence was convicted of murder in the 1960s but later renounced violence and announced the 1994 Combined Loyalist...
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Libyan rebels step up Sirte siege
Libya's revolutionary fighters have stepped up a siege of Muammar Gaddafi's home town, hoping to wear down loyalist forces a day after an offensive failed to dislodge die-hard loyalists of the...
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Crane installed to build skyscraper
Britain's highest ever crane is to be put in place at the building site of what will become Europe's tallest building. Builders will use the machine to complete the spire of the Shard skyscraper near...
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Cameron 'must show some leadership'
David Cameron must "start showing some leadership" over Britain's ailing economy and "change course", Ed Miliband urged as he declared the coalition's austerity measures were "not working". The Labour...
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Saudi king allows women to vote
Saudi King Abdullah has given women the right to vote for first time in nationwide local elections. The king said in an annual speech on Sunday before his advisory assembly, or Shura Council, that...
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Iranians questioned over BBC links
Iran's intelligence chief said an unspecified number of people have been summoned for questioning over their alleged links to BBC's Farsi-language service. The summons come after Iranian authorities...
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Abbas declares 'Palestinian Spring'
Thousands of Palestinians cheering and waving flags have given President Mahmoud Abbas a hero's welcome in the West Bank, and he triumphantly told them a "Palestinian Spring" had been born following...
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Labour activists angry over cuts
Labour's annual conference has got under way in Liverpool, with delegates voicing their anger at "vicious, venomous and vindictive" Government cuts. Thousands of MPs, councillors and grassroots...
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BAE staff braced for 3,000 job cuts
Workers at defence giant BAE Systems are braced for grim news of thousands of job losses which unions warn will deliver a "hammer blow" to manufacturing. Leading unions called for urgent talks with...
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Mother's pride for blast officer
The mother of a young police officer killed by terrorists has spoken of her pride and sorrow as her son was remembered at a ceremony. Constable Ronan Kerr, 25, died in April when an improvised...
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Sizzling end to September forecast
Temperatures across large parts of Britain are increasing and could peak at 27C this week, forecasters have said. High pressure currently over Europe is set to drift northwards bringing warm southerly...
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Six charged with terror offences
Six men have been charged with terror offences after they were arrested last week in a major operation. The men, all from Birmingham, were arrested as part of a major operation carried out by the West...
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Labour is on the way back: Miliband
Labour leader Ed Miliband has admitted he has "a long way" to go to convince voters to back his party at the next general election. On the opening day of the party's annual conference in Liverpool, he...
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Hague hails Saudi vote for women
Plans to allow women in Saudi Arabia to vote and stand for election in local polls has been hailed as a "significant step forward" by Foreign Secretary William Hague. He said the UK would examine the...
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