Canoe couple's assets are frozen
The search to recover the cash conned out of insurance firms by canoe couple Anne and John Darwin begins.

Police use own bodies to save man
Two officers are in hospital after using their own bodies to smother flames engulfing a knife-wielding man who set himself alight.

Early sale for Glastonbury 2009
Fans wanting to attend next year's Glastonbury Festival will be able to reserve their tickets six months earlier than normal.

Facebook libel case damages won
A businessman wins £22,000 in libel and breach of privacy after his personal details were printed on the Facebook website.

Coroner calls for inquest change
A senior coroner is calling for new legislation to make sure inquests are held within a year of a person's death.

'Paralysis' warning over planning
Chronic problems with England's planning system could lead to "paralysis" of the economy, a committee of MPs warns.

'Neglect' of codebreakers' HQ
UK academics sign a letter criticising the ongoing neglect of Bletchley Park - home of the wartime codebreakers.

How a hair-raising find could prove yeti's existence
Hair strands thought to be from a yeti-like creature living in India is to be tested in Oxfordshire.

Charity's shock at donor's skeleton in the cupboard
A Lincolnshire charity shop unearths a 2,000-year-old dog skeleton from one of its donation boxes.

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Diving chief fears Daley burn-out
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Idowu not fazed by favourite tag
Britain's Phillips Idowu says he is at ease with being favourite for Olympic triple jump gold following Christian Olsson's withdrawal.

Partners in crime
The canoe fraud couple together in the dock

Hero's tale
How a Royal Marine risked his life to save comrades

Laptop pioneers
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Rural disquiet
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Bus drivers rally over more pay
London's bus drivers converge on City Hall during a rally to lobby for better pay and conditions.

Arsonist captured on club CCTV
Detectives reveal CCTV images of a nightclub arsonist and say petrol cans have also been found.

Hospital decision sent for review
Plans to downgrade St Richard's Hospital are to be referred to the Secretary of State for Health for review.

Gun death mother starts charity
The mother of a woman shot dead by an ex-boyfriend launches a domestic violence charity in her campaign for more family justice centres.

Bishops march for poverty action
Hundreds of bishops from across the world are to join a procession in London calling for action to tackle poverty.

Blue plaque for St Trinian's star
A blue plaque is being unveiled to honour the late character actor Alastair Sim.

Cold case review of double death
Detectives are to re-examine the murder of a mother and child in an arson attack, ten years after their deaths.

Road scheme depends on cash
The widening of the A453 between Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire could start in 2010, an MP is told.

Quad bike probe father charged
The father of a girl who died after the quad bike she was riding was in collision with a Range Rover in Essex is charged with manslaughter.

Boy, seven, 'driving crash car'
Police are trying to establish if a seven-year-old boy was the driver of a car which crashed and overturned in Suffolk.

Quitting council boss criticised
The chief executive of Stoke-on-Trent City Council quits the job amid uncertainty about the authority structure.

Protester regrets stunt on bridge
A man who caused traffic chaos after tying himself to a bridge urges other people not to do what he did.

Man arrested in shot boy inquiry
A 19-year-old man is arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Sheffield teenager.

Tribute to woman found strangled
A 71-year-old woman found strangled in her Lancashire home was "gentle, kind and genuinely welcoming woman", a local minister says.

Young woman killed in car crash
A 19-year-old woman from Scotland is killed in a collision between two cars in north Cumbria.

Destitute refugee numbers rising
A study finds the number of destitute asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds has increased by 180% since 2006.

Town centre office block ablaze
Firefighters tackle a large fire at a three-storey office building in Bolton.

Manchester police chief revealed
Cheshire's Chief Constable Peter Fahy is named as the new chief constable of Greater Manchester Police.

Curfew 'successful' before launch
A voluntary curfew for young people in a Cornish town is being hailed a success before it officially starts.

Man found with serious injuries
A 77-year-old man is discovered by the roadside in Frome with unexplained serious head injuries.

Row over 'look alike' restaurants
A row erupts between the owners to two nearby roadside restaurants that look the same in Devon.

Warning after meningitis cluster
Parents are told to be vigilant after a small cluster of bacterial meningitis in a Cornish town.

City's new bridge is work of art
Bristol's newest bridge is lowered into the harbour near Temple Quay.

Drugs did not cause boy's death
Drugs that were given to a disabled teenager were not a major contributory factor to his death, a coroner rules.