Turbine factory shuts over sit-in
Workers arriving at a wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight are turned away by police because of a sit-in protest inside.

MoD names soldier killed in blast
A UK soldier is killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the MoD says - the 17th to die in the country this month.

China swine flu pupils released
The first batch of British school pupils quarantined in China after members of the group contracted swine flu has been released.

Homes still without power supply
Tens of thousands of properties are still without electricity on the south-east London/Kent border after a suspected vandal attack on cables.

Dead bodyboarder named by police
A man from Essex who died while bodyboarding with his teenage son in Cornwall is named by police.

Professions 'reserved for rich'
Top professions are increasingly closed off to all but the most affluent families, a report into social mobility says.

'Oldest working television' in Britain found
The oldest working television in Britain has been found, and can receive digital signals with the help of a Freeview box.

Safari park monkey business leads to Asbo scheme for baboons
A safari park in Merseyside develops its own Asbo scheme because of worsening problems with local vandals, its baboons.

Ponting backs Johnson after England victory
Australia captain Ricky Ponting says under-fire bowler Mitchell Johnson will not be made a scapegoat for his side's defeat in the second Ashes Test against England.

Man City not a threat - Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson says Liverpool and Chelsea - not Manchester City - will be Manchester United's main competitors for the Premier League title this season.

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

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

Mind the gap
Why has social mobility gone into reverse?

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

Lunar spark
Moon landing astronauts inspire farmer's maze

Store robbers steal £10,000 cash
Two balaclava-clad men raid a pet shop in Rustington before it opens and steal £10,000 from the safe.

Knox parents make sentence plea
The parents of a murdered actor call for a mandatory six month minimum custodial sentence for any person caught carrying a knife.

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

QE2 to be moved to South Africa
The QE2 is to be moved to South Africa as work to turn the ship into a floating hotel off Dubai is delayed during the recession.

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

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.

Spine op cures girl's heart worry
A teenage girl who's heart was pushed to the wrong side of her body by a rare spine problem is cured by surgery.

Review due of biker event licence
A hearing to review the licence for the Bulldog Bash festival in Warwickshire is to be held after police expressed concerns.

Large pallet yard blaze was arson
A blaze in a pallet storage yard in Northampton, which closed a railway line, is arson say police.

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.

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.

Fire destroys carnival costumes
More than 80 costumes are destroyed in a fire at the Manchester home of a man known as "Mr Carnival".

Man stabbed in home by intruders
A 56-year-old man is stabbed in the arm when masked raiders break into his home in Liverpool.

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".

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.

Pc murder accused 'not involved'
A man accused of killing Pc Sharon Beshenivsky tells a court he played no part in planning the robbery which led to her death.

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

Parties set to clash over voting
The major political parties in Bristol are expected to clash when they meet later to discuss changing the current electoral system.

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.

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.

Ship seizes 12.4 tonnes of drugs
Devon-based warship HMS Cumberland is involved in the seizure of 12.4 tonnes of cannabis resin being smuggled in a small cargo boat.

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.

Beavers born at country estate
Young beavers are back in Devon for what is believed to be the first time in about 400 years - after two kits are born on a country estate.