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The JetBlue pilot who suffered an apparent mental breakdown during a flight to Las Vegas has been charged with interfering with cabin crew.

Fire crews are tackling two separate gorse fires in Antrim and Armagh.

Jonny Duddle, the concept artist for Aardman film The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, is named overall winner of the prestigious Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

Pope Benedict XVI has held a 30-minute meeting with Cuba's revolutionary leader and former President, Fidel Castro.

The price of oil falls as a number of key nations discuss releasing reserves to increase supplies and US inventories jump.

A Panamanian teenager who spent 28 days on a boat adrift in the Pacific Ocean returns home after being rescued off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands.

An NHS Trust which tried to deduct more than £80,000 from its catering bill because of a day-old chocolate mousse is criticised by a judge.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in the assembly have united against introducing regional pay in Wales despite their UK parties' plans for it outlined in last week's budget.

A flight captain who was restrained after an apparent mental breakdown in mid-air gave no indication he might pose a risk, his airline says.

India puts on hold the execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is on death row for his role in the 1995 murder of Punjab's then Chief Minister Beant Singh.

A man in his 40s dies in a collision involving a bus and a car in Omagh, County Tyrone.

European forestry scientists begin a multi-national field trial to identify trees that will thrive as predicted climate change develops.

Toppled Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure tells reporters that he is still in the country, as coup leaders announce a new constitution.

George Bush Snr formally endorses Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as the party establishment swings behind the former governor.

Rock festival Sonisphere has been cancelled - according to the official Queen website.

A judge begins summing up in the trial of a man accused of murdering a Pembrokeshire woman in her home.

The European Commission announces plans to set up a dedicated centre to fight cybercrime, based in the Netherlands.

The remains of a right foot belonging to a 3.4-million-year-old human ancestor are discovered in Ethiopia.

Fighting continues in Syria as the Arab League meets over the crisis, with the government in Damascus rejecting co-operation with its peace moves.

The first experiments with plants genetically-modified to repel aphids are under way in the UK.