A glider pilot dies as his aircraft crashes on take-off in Shropshire.
Fifa gives the green light to field an all-English team to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Man Utd midfielder Michael Carrick is ruled out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra with a foot injury.
Britain's political parties are gearing up for the final few days of campaigning ahead of Thursday's local and European elections.
MPs face a legally binding code of conduct to "clean up" politics after the expenses row, Gordon Brown tells the BBC.
The scale of war damage to the main city in the Swat valley becomes clear, a day after it was captured by Pakistan troops.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to fight defamation procedures against her by a US "shock jock" barred from the UK, the Home Office says
Apprentice stars' views on women having it all
Three more cases of swine flu are confirmed and many more suspected as an outbreak at Eton College is investigated.
Smaller parties sense big chance at European poll
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