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A torchbearer proposes to his eight-months pregnant girlfriend during day 31 of the Olympic torch relay from Middlesbrough to Hull.

New leader of the Chinese city of Chongqing Zhang Dejiang says the Bo Xilai scandal "gravely damaged" the image of the country and the Communist Party.

The Republic of Ireland football team will mark the 18th anniversary of one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles, during their Euro 2012 match against Italy later.

Animated sequel Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted holds on to the top spot at the US box office, according to early estimates.

Homes are being evacuated because of worries over gas cylinders as fire crews tackle a blaze at a commercial garage in Wrexham.

Relatives of victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing present Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson with a report which they say contains fresh evidence.

An Israeli civilian and three militants are killed after attackers cross into Israel from Egypt and open fire, Israeli officials say.

The Yemeni army commander leading the fight against militants in the south of the country has been killed in a suicide attack, officials say.

An IBM supercomputer owned by the US government leapfrogs Asian rivals to become the world's fastest.

At least four students are killed and many injured by a bomb blast which hit a university bus in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, officials say.

A narrow election victory for Greece's pro-bailout New Democracy is welcomed by world leaders, who urge Athens to form a new government quickly.

Scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine say that increasing obesity could have the same impact on global resources as an extra billion people living on the planet. Professor Ian Roberts, who led the research, explains how they calculated the findings.

"Serious weaknesses" in England's care system have been revealed by a report which found children's homes failed to protect runaways, the children's minister Tim Loughton has said.

Ford workers begin a 24-hour strike in a dispute over pay and pensions, but the car giant says it is "willing and available" for further talks.

Greece's New Democracy party vows to keep the country "anchored" to the Euro after a slim election victory, as Mark Lowen reports.

The UK's "army of unpaid carers" is being "let down" by the failing social care system, campaigners have been warning. Tracy Sloan almost missed her own cancer diagnosis as she put off a smear test because she always put her disabled son first.

Legislation to change the organ donation system in Wales is to be published, which will automatically add everyone to the register, and only objectors will be taken off.

As Sir Paul McCartney reaches 70, BBC Wales uncovers 1967 footage of The Beatles in Bangor in which they react to the death of their manager Brian Epstein.

Ethiopia is forcibly displacing tens of thousands from their land in the Omo Valley to make way for state-run sugar plantations, a campaign group says.

Labour prepares to unveil its slate of candidates to become Wales' first elected police and crime commissioners.