Mother detained for killing children
A woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital after admitting cutting the throats of two of her children.

Man refused liver transplant dies
A 22-year-old east London man who began binge-drinking at 13 dies after health chiefs refuse to give him a liver transplant.

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Flintoff inspires historic victory
Andrew Flintoff takes five wickets as England beat Australia in a Lord's Test for the first time since 1934 and go 1-0 up in the Ashes.

Man gets life for shooting couple
A man from Cornwall is handed a life sentence for shooting dead his ex-girlfriend's father and wounding her mother.

Missing Claudia 'held against will'
The father of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence says he believes his daughter is still alive and being held somewhere "against her will".

FA Cup hooligan photos released
Photographs of 32 suspected football hooligans are published after trouble at a match between Hull FC and Millwall.

Builder jailed for boy labourer's death
A builder is jailed for three years after admitting the manslaughter of a 15-year-old labourer who was crushed by a falling wall.

Queen joins Swan Uppers for annual count on Thames
Swan Uppers are joined by the Queen for the first time as the annual count gets under way.

Lovers marry 10 years after correspondence went astray
A Devon man marries an old flame after a love letter he wrote to her 10 years ago which went astray turned up behind a fireplace.

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Beckham confronts fans after boos
David Beckham reacts angrily to a hostile reception from LA Galaxy fans during his first home game since returning from AC Milan.

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Injured Sotherton out of Worlds
Heptathlete Kelly Sotherton withdraws from next month's World Championships in Berlin because of a heel injury.

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Forest snap up Gunter and McKenna
Nottingham Forest confirm the double signing of defender Chris Gunter and midfielder Paul McKenna.

'Wonderful' man
The carers of 113-year-old WWI veteran pay tribute

Blitz bunker
Churchill's fury over his hideout not being bomb-proof

CCTV in focus
Where in the UK has the most cameras?

Wild West maze
A coyote and a Native American in an unlikely place

Surtees' son killed in race crash
The son of motorsport legend John Surtees, driver Henry Surtees, dies at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent.

Cash injection for 2012 security
Ministers approve a £19m injection of funds to bolster security improvements at Olympic Park venues.

Four bailed over 'Facebook party'
Four teenagers are bailed after 100 people are involved in trouble near a house party which was advertised on the internet.

Budget cap costs river police job
MPs ask Surrey Police to rethink their decision to axe a specialist river officer after the budget is capped.

7/7 bomb memorial vandalised
The memorial in Hyde Park for the victims of the 7 July bombings is vandalised in an "extremely cruel" incident.

Disabled 'priced out' of football
A wheelchair-user accuses Wembley Stadium's car park of pricing disabled people out of football after it more than doubled charges.

Ex-Derby execs jailed for fraud
Three former Derby County directors are jailed for their part in defrauding the football club during a takeover in 2003.

Cigarettes found in sewage pipe
Cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco are found hidden under a manhole cover in the West Midlands.

Killer absconds from open prison
A convicted murderer absconds from a Derbyshire open prison after being given leave.

Train drivers prepare to strike
Drivers working for East Midlands Trains are going on strike after rejecting the firm's latest pay offer.

Digger crushes man at car wash
A man is taken to hospital after suffering crush injuries at work at a car wash in Lincolnshire.

New pig dung power plant plan
Homes and businesses in Derbyshire could soon be powered by electricity generated from pig dung.

Police pay £3,000 to sex offender
A judge orders North Yorkshire Police to pay damages to a paedophile who sued the force for wrongful arrest.

Three men freed in death probe
Three men arrested in connection with the death of a 62-year-old man in Grimsby are released without charge.

Nissan to create hundreds of jobs
Nissan announces that its Wearside factory will start producing batteries for electric cars, creating 350 jobs.

Man detained for killing parents
A paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed his parents to death is ordered to be detained indefinitely in a psychiatric hospital.

Former NI player joins priesthood
A former Manchester Utd footballer from Northern Ireland is to switch careers and plans to enter the priesthood.

Vultures go missing from centre
Staff at a Yorkshire falconry centre appeal for help in finding two missing vultures named Dumb and Dumber.

Elderly man killed by car thief
A 76-year-old retired engineer was killed when he was run over by a man who was trying to steal his car, Bristol Crown Court hears.

No refunds at cancelled festival
A musical festival in Wiltshire which was to have been headlined by Status Quo is cancelled because of poor ticket sales.

Bodyboarder dies in surf accident
A man dies and a young boy is flown to hospital after the pair get into trouble while bodyboarding at a beach in Newquay, Cornwall.

'Open primary' postal votes sent
Ballot papers are sent to all voters in Totnes, Devon, in what is claimed to be the first "open primary" contest by a British political party.

Man 'stable' following stabbing
A 34-year-old man is in a stable condition in hospital after being stabbed repeatedly in Cornwall.

Grand designs for house of straw
A straw home is being built at the University of Bath to see if it could become a widely-used building in the future.