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

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

The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales says taxpayers should help fund the Pope's visit because it is an official state event.

Wayne Rooney is still expected to travel to Switzerland for England's Euro 2012 qualifier despite allegations about his private life.

A state of emergency is declared in Guatemala where heavy rain has caused widespread flooding and landslides, killing at least 18 people.

An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency, her son says.

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.

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

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

Officers are trying to establish the identity of a badly-burnt body discovered by players on a golf course near Brighton.

Seven children in County Armagh have been infected with E. coli 0157, the Public Health Agency has confirmed.

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

A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts are set to launch a dummy 30km into the sky as part of their quest to develop a private launch system.

England captain Paul Collingwood says his side are "100% prepared" for Sunday's first Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Cardiff.

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

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

Ireland's Padraig Harrington says he will add a European tour event to his schedule after missing the cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.

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

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

An elderly man found dead at a house in Surrey had received a fatal stab wound to the heart, post-mortem tests reveal.

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

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

Four men are arrested after eggs and shoes are thrown at former Prime Minister Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin.

Police appeal for information about the murder of Armagh man Kevin Fletcher, found dead in his flat on Friday.

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

A woman is discharged from hospital after two riders fell from horses on a beach on the Llyn peninsula in Gwynedd.

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.

Officials assess the damage caused by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, as aftershocks continue.

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.

A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five soldiers and wounds about 40 others.

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

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

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

Israel carries out three bombing raids on the Gaza Strip, killing one man and injuring another.

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

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

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

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

The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.

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.

The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals.

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.

The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987.

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.

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.

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

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

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?

The Italian government is inviting private companies to sponsor the Colosseum to help fund repairs.

The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link.

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.

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.

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.

Mystery of young women disappearing in Ciudad Juarez

Ali-Foreman boxing match venue now in state of decay

How much can you trust the human memory?

How an ancient diet could aid healthy eating

Escaping the hustle and bustle of city life in Ontario

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

Phone hack claims in some papers