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Greek police fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of lorry drivers protesting in Athens against a government order to end their strike.

A babysitting couple from the West Midlands who left a three-year-old boy with more than 70 injuries are given life sentences.

A Frenchwoman is charged with killing eight newborn babies and her husband for concealing the bodies after remains were found in a village in north France.

One of three women killed in Bradford died from severe head injuries caused by a knife and the bolt from a crossbow, an inquest hears.

UK house prices fell 0.5% in July, the Nationwide says, cutting the annual rate of house price inflation to 6.6% from 8.7%.

There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show.

Shares in AstraZeneca rise more than 4% after the drug company reports a rise in profits after strong sales of key drugs.

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman says she wants a dramatic cut in the amount of rubbish thrown away by households in England.

A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings.

An investigation and a clear up is under way after about 300 litres of red diesel leaks into two rivers from a storage tank.

Sir Winston Churchill's entire archive of papers is to be published electronically in libraries, allowing full public access.

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

Great Britain's Andy Turner and Will Sharman both qualify for the semi-finals of the men's 110m hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona.

Russia expands the powers of its FSB secret police amid concern among human rights activists that they may be abused.

Police questioned France's Labour Minister Eric Woerth in their probe into the finances of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.

Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old man outside his Liverpool home in 2004 arrest a man in Aberdeen.

The European Union and six member states have reached a deal on the experimental nuclear fusion reactor they are backing.

Arizona says it will appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law, hours before it comes into effect.

Sky's 3D television station is to start on 1 October with a mix of films and sport, the broadcaster has announced.

Ex-President Moi is told to respect his successor Mwai Kibaki, as campaigning heats up ahead of next week's referendum.