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Tony Blair's former spokesman Alastair Campbell explains why he thinks that self-doubt should get a better press.

He is a stand-up comic, but he cannot speak. Lee Ridley has Cerebral Palsy and uses a voice synthesizer to communicate. Last year his friends encouraged him to take up comedy and two months ago he did his first show, calling himself Lost Voice Guy. Entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson went to meet him.

Three people are killed and another 13 injured as a German regional train collides with a works engine near Offenbach.

Reservoir Dogs star Tim Roth will lead a jury charged with picking out new and emerging talent at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Ex-Liverpool and Everton player Don Hutchison says Saturday's FA Cup semi-final between the clubs could change the balance of power on Merseyside.

Councils deny a claim by lobby group Taxpayers' Alliance that they face a "ticking time tomb" of pensions deficits measured in billions.

A 'significant' haul of firearms including three assault rifles is recovered by police carrying out a major operation to the north of Glasgow.

The UN hopes to send observers to Syria within the next few days to monitor a fragile ceasefire, as Syrians stage protests after Friday prayers.

An elderly Spanish nun has become the first person to appear in court in connection with the alleged theft of newborn babies, mostly during the Franco era.

Lung cancer cases for women in Wales are still increasing, warns the charity Cancer Research UK.

Shares of Infosys, India's second-largest software company, fall after it issues a weak outlook for the current financial year.

Finian's Rainbow follows up his Champion Chase win with an impressive victory in the Melling Chase.

In their first UK broadcast interview, American band One Direction say they won't be intimidated by Simon Cowell as they sue him over their name.

The US band One Direction say they won't be intimidated by Simon Cowell as they sue him over their name.

Peter Crouch is worthy of another chance as an England player, according to his Stoke team-mate Thomas Sorensen.

£9.8m super yacht that took five years to build

On Monday the trial begins in Norway of Anders Breivik, the man who admits to killing 77 people in a series of attacks in the country last summer.

Bob Brown, the leader of Australia's Greens on whom PM Julia Gillard depends for her wafer-thin majority, resigns.

Marussia's Timo Glock is asked by his race engineer if he requires new underwear following a hairy moment in first practice ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix. (UK only)

Queen's University in Belfast is to establish a college in China in partnership with the China Medical University.