Man, 64, dies after ‘youth abuse’
A man with learning difficulties dies outside his Greater Manchester home after suffering years of abuse from youths.
James Bulger’s mother meets Straw
Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son’s killers.
Doherty banned over manager crash
Musician Pete Doherty is banned from driving after admitting allowing his manager to use his car without insurance.
BA ‘terror plot’ worker in court
A British Airways computer expert has appeared in court charged with planning suicide bombings.
High-speed rail plans announced
Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are announced by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.
Man jailed for organic egg scam
A businessman is jailed for masterminding a scam which saw tens of millions of battery hen eggs sold as free-range or organic.
Bolt gun killer to serve 30 years
A Suffolk slaughterman who killed a woman with a bolt gun has his minimum sentence increased from 20 to 30 years.
Is this the UK’s most ignored and lucrative speed camera?
A temporary speed camera on the M6 in Cumbria catches out more than 5,500 drivers in just five weeks.
Torture death DNA swabbing starts
Police will start DNA swabbing sessions later to attempt to find the murderer of an elderly woman in Hampshire.
Police find in garden ‘body’ dig
Police digging up a garden in south-west London after a tip-off there may be a body buried have found something in a plastic bag, the BBC understands.