Keeper badly hurt in bike smash
Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini suffers potentially "life-changing" injuries in a crash in London.

Woman stabbed to death in own car
A woman dies in hospital after she is stabbed in her car as she arrives at work in a Leicestershire town.

Trio in court over firework death
Three teenagers appear in court accused of the manslaughter of a woman who died after a firework was put through her letterbox.

Pleas over boy rapist 'ignored'
A judge criticises social services for failing to take an 11-year-old boy into care weeks before he raped a disabled youngster.

New leads over headless body
Detectives are to reveal new information about an unidentified murder victim found in 1991 with no head or hands.

House death baby's identity revealed
A 13-month-old boy whose body was found by police in a house in Greater Manchester, is identified.

Dog tasered after officer bitten
Police fire a Taser "stun-gun" at a dog after it bit an officer trying to break up a fight.

Silent Night - 'frightening' carol singers told they are not welcome
Carol singers in Lancashire are being warned to keep away from doorsteps this Christmas in case they frighten vulnerable people.

Woman fined for feeding ducks 'in wrong place'
A mother is given a £75 on-the-spot littering fine for feeding the ducks in a West Midlands Park.

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Ferguson hit with FA fine and ban
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is fined £20,000 and given a two-match touchline ban for his comments about referee Alan Wiley's fitness.

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England 2018 bid team streamlined
Manchester United chief David Gill and ex-Birmingham director Karren Brady are among six members to stand down from England's 2018 World Cup bid team.

Chocolate war
Grave claims made in the battle for Cadbury

'Ghosts of war'
A soldier's battle against memories of combat

Academy intrigue
Shene school and the secret Boris plan

Rapists not jailed?
The guidelines judges follow when passing sentence

Thousands suffer rail disruption
Commuters in south-east England face a second day of reduced services as many train drivers refuse to work overtime.

Dead fish discovered in reservoir
The death of 10,000 dead fish in the Thames Farmoor Reservoir in Oxfordshire is being investigated by the Environment Agency.

Girl burned in school explosion
A 10-year-old girl suffers burns in a chemical explosion during an experiment at an after-school science club in Dorset.

Quick decision on Waterloo urged
Passenger groups urge a quick decision over the redundant Eurostar terminal at Waterloo, unused at a cost of £2m a year.

Fall death accused will not testify
A teenager, who denies she was to blame for the death of a girl who jumped out of a window, refuses to enter the witness box.

Downs becomes national park
A new National Park in the South Downs is officially confirmed more than 60 years after the area was first earmarked for protected status.

Pizzas stolen by armed gang
Five men rob a pizza delivery driver after threatening him with a knife in a street in a Northamptonshire village.

Funeral held for Archers veteran
Family and friends of actor Norman Painting, best known for voicing Phil Archer on Radio 4 drama The Archers, have attended his funeral.

Robber flees on day release
A man serving a life sentence for armed robbery fails to return to an open prison after a day out in Nottingham.

Two found guilty of man's murder
Two Lithuanian men are found guilty of murdering a 25-year-old Polish father-of-two in Peterborough.

Car crash family's double grief
The parents of a man who died in a crash in Hertfordshire were also mourning their daughter who had drowned, it emerges.

Recession blamed for rescue rise
The Derby Mountain Rescue team has said an increase in call outs this year could be down to the recession.

Police worker wins psychic case
A police employee sacked over his spiritualist views wins a landmark ruling that they should be seen as a faith.

Demo in support of Awol soldier
A demonstration is held in London in support of a York soldier who was arrested for taking part in an anti-war protest.

City bin strike talks postponed
Talks between council and union officials aimed at bringing an end to the 10-week bin strike in Leeds are delayed.

Eight held over Metro cable theft
Police make arrests over the theft of cable from the Tyne and Wear Metro network.

Carer held over resident's death
A woman is arrested by police investigating the death of an 84-year-old resident of a care home in Doncaster.

Fish discovered at sewage works
About 18 fish have been found alive and well in a sewage tank at a water treatment works in South Elmsall.

Motorway closed after body found
The M5 southbound was closed for about an hour after an incident near Bridgwater, Somerset.

'Too old' veteran to sell poppies
A D-Day veteran from Cornwall told he would be unable to sell Remembrance Day poppies because he was too old to be insured is to be allowed to carry on.

Arsonists destroy speed camera
A speed camera is destroyed after a tyre was put on top of it and set on fire on a Dorset road.

Youth charged over pigeon death
A teenager is charged with killing a pigeon after it was allegedly seen being hit with a skateboard.

Cash for nuclear training centre
Bridgwater College is awarded more than £4m to launch a specialist nuclear skills training centre.

Countdown to Transplant Games
A torch is lit at a ceremony in Bath to mark the countdown to next year's British Transplant Games.