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  1. The highest ranking Army officer to be killed since the Falklands War is one of the two latest casualties in Afg.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  2. A US soldier has been captured in eastern Afghanistan, according to the US military, which says "all resources".. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  3. Train robber Ronnie Biggs has been refused parole because he is "unrepentant", the justice secretary says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  4. The East Coast mainline rail service run by National Express is to be taken into public ownership, the Departmen.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  5. US financier Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in jail for masterminding a $65bn (£40bn) investment fraud.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  6. Pop star Michael Jackson has died after being rushed to hospital in Los Angeles, according to US media reports http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  7. Pop star Michael Jackson is in hospital in Los Angeles and was given CPR after he stopped breathing, reports say http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  8. US actress Farrah Fawcett, famous for her role in TV show Charlie's Angels, has died of cancer at 62. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  9. At least 55 people are killed in a bomb blast in a market in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  10. UK expels two Iranian diplomats in response to Iran's expulsion of two British envoys. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  11. Conservative MP John Bercow is elected as the new Speaker of the House of Commons, following the resignation of .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  12. Bodies handed over to the UK in Iraq are identified as those of two of the five British hostages held for past t.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  13. Iranian state TV says 13 people it described as terrorists were killed during clashes with police during Saturda.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  14. The families of five British hostages held in Iraq will "fear the worst" after two bodies handed over - foreign .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  15. Iran's police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse several thousand people protesting against the pol.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  16. Champion Rafael Nadal has pulled out of this year's Wimbledon after failing to overcome a knee injury. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  17. Broadcaster Setanta fails to pay the latest chunk of £30m it owes to the English Premier League and will lose th.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  18. Scotland Yard is launching an investigation into the alleged misuse of expenses by a small number of MPs and peers. http://www.bbc.co.uk ...
  19. Iran's top leader Ayatollah Khamenei says the results of the country's contested elections were not rigged, and .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
  20. Sir Fred Goodwin, the former boss of Royal Bank of Scotland, offers to reduce his annual pension by £200,000 to .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news