Row mounts over hung parliament

The war of words mounts over a possible hung parliament, with warnings of "paralysis" and accusations of "arrogance".

£20m pay-out for 'toxic sofas'

Several High Street chains agree to pay up to £20m to 2,000 people who received chemical burns from sofas.

Teacher 'shouted die and hit boy'

A science teacher beat a pupil around the head with a dumbbell while shouting "die, die, die", a court hears.

Tweed not guilty of raping woman

Jack Tweed, the widower of reality TV star Jade Goody, and his friend are found not guilty of raping a teenager in Essex.

Al-Qaeda 'tried to bomb UK envoy'

Al-Qaeda is behind a suspected suicide attack on the convoy of the UK ambassador to Yemen, reports say.

7/7 terrorist attacks 'avoidable'

UK authorities breached obligations to protect citizens by not acting on information about the 7/7 bombers, a court hears.

Stranded Britons 'back this week'

Britons stranded because of the volcanic ash cloud should return home by the end of the week, the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) says.

President wins key Sudan election

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is declared the winner of this month's landmark polls, despite facing war crimes charges.

Belgium PM's resignation accepted

Belgium's king accepts the resignation of PM Yves Leterme's government after the collapse of the ruling coalition, officials say.

Twin to run for Polish president

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin brother of the Polish president killed in a plane crash, is to run for office to replace him.

Give heroin on NHS - nurse leader

Drug addicts should be prescribed heroin on the NHS, a nursing leader says.

Chimpanzees deal with death like humans, researchers find

Chimpanzees deal with death in much the same way as humans, according to two studies.