Spain mourns the 153 people killed in a plane crash at Madrid airport, as investigators look into the causes of the tragedy.

8/21/2008 2:39:03 PM

There has been the biggest annual rise since 1990 in the proportion of GCSE exams awarded the best grades.

8/21/2008 11:21:51 AM

Energy firms E.On and Scottish and Southern Energy are to raise gas and electricity prices by up to 29%, blaming wholesale costs.

8/21/2008 3:17:49 PM

Gordon Brown tells British troops they are "the heroes of our country", on a surprise trip to Afghanistan.

8/21/2008 11:43:02 AM

Convicted paedophile and former pop star Gary Glitter has agreed to fly to London, Thai police have said.

8/21/2008 2:06:21 PM

A law student is found guilty of stabbing to death a doctor who gave him lodgings and acted as his guardian.

8/21/2008 3:25:44 PM

A woman whose child was seen shouting "stop mummy driving" is jailed for drink-driving after crashing into a fence.

8/21/2008 12:43:41 PM

A teenager may have been chased by a gang of masked youths before falling to his death from a block of flats, police say.

8/21/2008 3:14:33 PM

Former Atomic Kitten pop star Kerry Katona is declared bankrupt at the High Court after failing to meet a tax bill.

8/21/2008 1:43:48 PM

A man is reunited with the bottle and message he threw into the sea as a child almost a quarter of a century ago.

8/21/2008 2:15:59 PM

Matt Damon becomes a father for the second time after his wife gives birth to a baby girl, Gia Zavala.

8/21/2008 9:40:04 AM

The Football Association confirms chief executive Brian Barwick is to leave his post at the end of the year.

8/21/2008 10:52:34 AM

David Healy is in Sunderland undergoing a medical and could join Djibril Cisse at the Stadium of Light.

8/21/2008 2:34:18 PM

What do you want the world to talk about?

7/3/2008 12:27:40 PM

Does the choice of US vice-president really matter?

8/21/2008 9:39:55 AM

How to avoid being stung when buying gig tickets online

8/21/2008 2:42:03 PM

Meet Manfred, who claims to have the ultimate family tree

8/21/2008 9:25:43 AM

Bizarre cloud above Hertfordshire. How did they form?

8/21/2008 1:55:03 PM

Think bridges are built just to cross water? Think again

8/21/2008 12:50:15 PM

Could you eat a steak the size of a phone directory?

8/21/2008 1:23:59 PM

Scans are cancelled at a Cornish hospital because of fears overweight patients may get stuck in the machine.

8/21/2008 1:26:05 PM

A teenager is convicted of injuring seven people when the motorbike he was riding crashed into a crowd.

8/21/2008 3:04:30 PM

A 16-year-old girl, thought to be on her way to collect her GCSE results, has died after a collision with a refuse truck.

8/21/2008 2:11:27 PM

A Taser stun gun is used for the first time in Northern Ireland by police in Londonderry to subdue a man.

8/21/2008 3:19:41 PM

Zimbabwe's opposition leader warns power-sharing talks may collapse if parliament is reconvened next week.

8/21/2008 1:42:02 PM

Iraq says a deal on the future of US forces is "very close" after talks with the US secretary of state in Baghdad.

8/21/2008 3:14:33 PM

The son of Libya's leader, Sayf al-Islam Gaddafi, says he is retiring from political life though he is seen as a likely successor.

8/21/2008 11:38:45 AM

The Philippine government pulls out of a controversial autonomy deal with Muslim separatist rebels, following days of fighting.

8/21/2008 9:17:14 AM

Leaders in the Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions urge Russia to recognise their independence from Georgia.

8/21/2008 2:07:07 PM

Pakistan suffers its deadliest attack on a military installation, as suicide bombers kill at least 55 outside a munitions factory.

8/21/2008 3:15:54 PM

Retail sales defy grim forecasts to rise 0.8% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics.

8/21/2008 12:42:09 PM

The number of migrants coming to the UK for a year or more has risen to a record level, figures show.

8/21/2008 2:47:12 PM

Dentists working under a new contract are more likely to pull teeth out or fit false ones than before, NHS figures show.

8/21/2008 10:30:37 AM

Parents can now act as agents to handle their children's university applications - and then turn up for the interviews too.

8/19/2008 2:30:18 PM

A snail species from the Mediterranean is found in the UK at historic Cliveden House.

8/21/2008 1:23:14 AM

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty wishes TV star Jade Goody well after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.

8/21/2008 10:11:36 AM

Chip giant Intel signs a deal with Yahoo to make the TV set much more web aware.

8/21/2008 10:08:55 AM