PM seeks economy focus after slur

Gordon Brown tries to focus on the economy ahead of the last TV debate, after calling a voter "bigoted".

US military joins oil leak effort

The US military joins efforts to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico amid fears of an environmental disaster.

Sex counsellor's appeal dismissed

A counsellor's bid to challenge his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals is turned down.

Greece rescue talks 'nearing end'

Greece must be prevented from becoming "the Lehman Brothers of the sovereign debt crisis", its former economy minister says.

Boy attack teacher 'charismatic'

Jurors trying a teacher accused of attempting to murder a pupil with a dumbbell hear he was "charismatic" and commanded respect.

House price inflation hits 10.5%

House prices in the UK rose 10.5% in the past year, the first double-digit annual increase since June 2007, the Nationwide says.

Girl in court over man's murder

A 14-year-old girl charged with the murder of a man stabbed to death in south London appears at the Old Bailey.

Children injured in China attack

At least 28 children and three adults are stabbed at a Chinese pre-school, the third such attack in a month.

Trainer's hair 'caught by whale'

A trainer at a US aquatic park was dragged to her death by a killer whale after her hair drifted into the its mouth, police say.

Piers Morgan fined for speeding

Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan is convicted of speeding after being caught in Brighton.

Actress Lacey Turner to quit EastEnders, BBC confirms

Lacey Turner, who plays Stacey Branning in EastEnders, is leaving the soap later this year, the BBC has confirmed.

Bred in the UK - the poison frog with the lethal skin

Dozens of rare frogs that have a poison 200 times more powerful than morphine are bred at a Portsmouth aquarium.