A fourth Pakistan cricketer is being investigated by cricket's governing body, claims the News of the World.

Former head of the Army Gen Sir Richard Dannatt accuses Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.

The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.

A series of aftershocks rattle Christchurch, New Zealand, where a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage.

A badly-burnt body is found in undergrowth between the 17th and 18th holes of an East Sussex golf course.

The Foreign Office confirms that 24-year-old Briton Brad Coker was among nine killed in a light aircraft crash in New Zealand.

A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five people and wounds at least 26 others.

Survivors of a 1972 plane crash in the Andes arrive at the San Jose mine to support the 33 men trapped underground.

Scotland faces nearly £4bn of cuts over the next four years, Finance Secretary John Swinney is warning.

An amateur gardener grows what he believes to be the largest potato in the world.

A Saxon boat is uncovered during flood defence work on the River Ant in Norfolk.

Five-time champion Roger Federer cruises into the fourth round of the US Open with a straight sets win over Paul-Henri Mathieu.

England and Tottenham defender Michael Dawson will miss the game with Switzerland after being ruled out for at least six weeks.

Injury-hit midfielder Owen Hargreaves has been left out of Manchester United's Champions League squad.

Republic of Ireland skipper Robbie Keane will be fit for Tuesday night's Euro 2012 qualifier against Andorra.

Scott Brown believes victories at home are paramount after Scotland open their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a goalless draw in Lithuania.

Two people are killed when their plane crashes to the ground after a collision with another aircraft on the Isle of Wight.

The funeral is held of singer Charles Haddon from Northamptonshire who died in a fall in Belgium.

Scottish event rider Nicola Malcolm is airlifted to hospital after falling from her horse during the Burghley Horse Trials.

The number of flights taken by Transport Scotland officials is "sky high", the Scottish Liberal Democrats claim.

Eggs and shoes are thrown at the former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he attends a book signing in Dublin.

Police release the name of a man who was found dead at his apartment in Armagh city on Friday.

More plans to reduce the number of councillors in Wales are put forward to create what ministers say would be greater fairness for voters.

Villagers told by BT it will cost £550,000 for a broadband connection receive an estimate from another company of £50,000.

Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.

The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.

The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.

Nine people, including four foreigners, are killed when a light aircraft crashes after taking off from Fox Glacier in New Zealand, say reports.

Thousands attend rallies in Paris and other French cities to protest at the government's policy of deporting Roma people.

A Belarus opposition website activist found hanged at his home outside Minsk committed suicide, officials say.

Heavy rains have caused widespread floods and landslides in Guatemala, killing at least 18 people.

Armed robbers in Barbados have set fire to a clothing shop in the capital, Bridgetown, killing six people who were inside.

Prosecutors in Bahrain accuse 23 Shia activists of forming a "terrorist network" aiming to overthrow the Gulf state's Sunni-dominated government.

Former UN chief nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei accuses Egypt's government of being behind a campaign to smear his family.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.

Afghans have continued to withdraw money from the country's largest bank, Kabul Bank, over fears it may collapse.

Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.

Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.

HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.

HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says.

The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64.5bn of new stock, in one of the world's largest share offers.

Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls says the home secretary should make a statement about claims of phone tapping by the News of the World.

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the BBC that radical Islam is the greatest threat facing the world.

Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.

Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe, UK experts say.

Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost.

One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.

Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.

England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.

Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.

A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.

The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.

Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.

The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.

Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.

Three of the world's most successful club DJs join forces to pay tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany in July.

Veteran broadcaster Sarah Kennedy is leaving BBC Radio 2's Dawn Patrol show - 34 years after joining the station

Thousands of people watch Robbie Williams switch on Blackpool's illuminations.

Comic Eddie Kadi can command vast crowds at his live shows. Why has he attracted so little mainstream attention?

The world is on the verge of a bed-bug pandemic, according to a report - how did the tiny biting insects come to pose such a threat?

Tony Blair's memoirs has become the fastest selling autobiography in Britain. But what are the biggest overall sellers?

Eggs and shoes have been thrown by anti-war protestors at former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.

The former Pakistan cricket captain, Imran Khan, has said that if players are found guilty of spot fixing, they should not be given a life ban, which some officials are demanding.

Author Ian McEwan talks to Matt Stadlen about the exercise of writing, the importance of long, moody walks, the "thinginess" of James Joyce and getting to grips with quantum mechanics.

The Modified Toy Orchestra is a band made up of five musicians - and 48 tweaked toy instruments.

Thousands of tonnes of US military equipment have been moved out of Iraq but plenty has been left behind - and not just for the troops who remain there.

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island, causing widespread minor damage and power cuts.

Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs.

New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama.

How much can you trust the human memory?

How an ancient diet could aid healthy eating

Phone hack claims in some papers

Striking pictures from around the world this week

The merciless drugs gang spreading fear in Mexico

Should a journalist bear witness, or interfere to help save a life?