Two people are feared to have died when a light aircraft crashes near Chester, Cheshire police say.

A former news editor at the News of the World Scotland is arrested and charged in connection with the perjury trial of former MSP Tommy Sheridan.

Facebook shares fall heavily as the first lock-up period, which had prevented sales by early investors, ends.

Norway's head of police, Oeystein Maeland, resigns after an inquiry found that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik could have been stopped.

Moors Murderer Ian Brady is believed to have revealed information about where victims Keith Bennett is buried, police say after arresting a woman over preventing a burial.

The number of new homes started by house builders in England has fallen again, to the lowest level for three years, while private rents hit record levels.

At least 53 people are killed and scores are injured in a wave of attacks in Iraqi cities, including in the capital, Baghdad.

The National Audit Office finds failings in the contract between the government and Atos, the company carrying carrying out fitness-to-work tests.