Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.

Contemporary artwork owned by model Jerry Hall are expected to fetch more than £1.5 million when they are sold in October at Sotheby's in London.

France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction.

School pupils are among 19 people killed after a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden pickup truck into a police station in north-west Pakistan.

Twelve Welsh Assembly Government civil servants are warned for accessing inappropriate or pornographic websites at work over the last three years.

Tony Blair cancels a planned book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".

Tony Blair cancels a planned book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".

Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams have released the most recent CCTV footage of the victim.

Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.

A man who killed his wife after five months of marriage enjoyed "gymnastic" sex sessions with another woman, a court hears.

Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their networks.

Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their networks.

Bruce Forsyth quits Strictly Come Dancing's Sunday results show and is replaced by Claudia Winkleman.

Bruce Forsyth quits Strictly Come Dancing's Sunday results show and is replaced by Claudia Winkleman.

About 60 workers made redundant without warning after Christmas are awarded 90 days' back-pay by an industrial tribunal.

Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson says he is happy to meet police after fresh claims of phone tapping while he was a tabloid editor.

A scheme offering up to 400,000 new firms a chance to trim their tax bill has come into effect.

Plans for a referendum of the way MPs are elected will take centre stage on Monday as the House of Commons resumes business.

Jackie Selebi, the former South African police chief convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer, is allowed to appeal against his 15-year jail sentence.

Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams appeal for help in tracing two people seen entering his central London flat.