A Peterborough MP is attacked by a man he tried to stop from vandalising a bus shelter in the city.

Thirty-nine people are evacuated from two vessels in Kent after suspected unexploded shells are discovered.

Critically endangered mountain chicken frogs airlifted out of the Caribbean to rescue them from a killer fungus successfully produce a bumper brood.

Three people and a woman they were trying to rescue from the sea in East Sussex are taken to hospital.

The outbreak of whooping cough in England and Wales has spread to very young babies who are most at risk of severe complications and death, the Health Protection Agency has warned.

Europe's biggest-ever lottery winners donate £130,000 to the construction of a community arts centre in Inverclyde.

A 6m-tall Lady Godiva puppet makes her way around Coventry before leaving for London later.

Team GB enter the second day of the London 2012 games looking for their first medal, with swimmer Rebecca Adlington among Sunday's gold hopes.