Cost cuts blamed for Nimrod crash

The MoD sacrificed safety to cut costs, an independent review into a fatal RAF Nimrod crash in 2006 says.

Fresh mail strikes will go ahead

Three days of nationwide postal strikes will go ahead as planned from early tomorrow, the union has said.

Actress Windsor quits EastEnders

Actress Barbara Windsor, who plays pub landlady Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, is to leave the show next year.

MPs 'facing major expenses cuts'

MPs face wide-ranging cuts to their second homes and other expenses from the Kelly review, the BBC learns.

UN chief condemns Kabul killings

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon denounces as "shocking and shameless" a Taliban attack which killed five UN staff in Kabul.

Carnage as car bomb hits Peshawar

At least 91 people are killed by a car bomb in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan, in the deadliest such attack this year.

Warships track 'hijacked yacht'

A yacht belonging to the British couple thought to have been captured by pirates is spotted near the Somali coast.

Player on sister assault charge

A footballer is charged with assaulting his sister after an incident in which he was stabbed in both legs in Bedfordshire.

Longer term for Rhys gun supplier

The gang member who supplied the gun used to kill schoolboy Rhys Jones has his jail term increased to 12 years.

BNP 'on Question Time annually'

The BNP could be invited to appear on Question Time about once a year, the BBC's director general suggests.

Nasa launches rocket successfully

The US space agency has launched the Ares I-X, a prototype rocket designed to replace the ageing shuttle.

The Battle of Bosworth site is found - but not where expected

Scholars say they have found the real site of the death of Richard III, and it is not where everyone thought it was.