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The governor, the stabbing and the secret evidence

The International Court for Justice starts hearing Belgium's request to extradite Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre over alleged atrocities.

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Matthew Pinsent says Britain's rowers are the best in the world after the GB trials.

At least two civilians and four militants have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, medics say, as cross-border violence continues.

When a brochure was dropped through the Mee family's letterbox, advertising a 30-acre zoo for sale, they found it very difficult to turn down.

Struggling retailer Game Group confirms that suppliers are now refusing to do business with it, sending its shares down 68%.

As many as 47 civilians, many of them women and children, have been found tortured and killed in the embattled Syrian city of Homs, activists say.

A newly built section of a high-speed rail line has collapsed in China's central Hubei province following heavy rain, state media reports.

Writer and comedian Paul Parry and Mark Forsyth, author of the book The Etymologicon, which looks the origin and meanings of words, discuss the overuse of the word "literally".

Country star Taylor Swift beats Adele and Lady Gaga to be named the top-earning pop act by Billboard magazine.

Call for more awareness of suicide in young men

Three men are arrested after a massive fire at a wood recycling plant on Teesside.

Author of The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History, John Kennedy O'Connor, reflects on news that Armenia has withdrawn from the 2012 Eurovision contest, in Azerbaijan over hostility between the two countries.

Ian Hardy reports on some of the latest gadgets that could soon be making waves in your kitchen.

A report shows 60% of motorists aged 70 and above were still driving in 2010 compared to 15% in 1975.

People in England are to be offered help to climb onto or up the housing ladder as the government's new mortgage guarantee scheme launches.

Chief F1 writer Andrew Benson gives the lowdown on the new season

The chancellor should use next week's Budget to cancel a planned rise in English business rates, says the British Chambers of Commerce.

An inquest into the deaths of two IRA men shot dead by SAS soldiers in 1990 is due to open in Belfast later.

People in England are being offered help to climb onto or up the housing ladder as the government's new mortgage indemnity scheme launches.