Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir is being questioned at a north London police station over allegations of corruption.

Militant groups in the Gaza Strip vow to step up attacks against Israel, following the first direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in nearly two years.

Lord Prescott says he is prepared to take legal action to find out whether News of The World journalists hacked into his phone messages.

Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.

A pathologist at the centre of a row over the death of a man during the G20 protests is suspended from the medical register for three months.

A County Durham woman is charged with the murder of her two-year-old son, whose body she took to a police station.

Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association suggest.

Twenty-seven suspected drug gang members are killed in a clash with troops near the US border, Mexico's army says, hours after the country's president vows to continue the fight against drug cartels.

Hurricane Earl weakens as it nears the US East Coast, though officials warn it remains "large and powerful".

The BBC denies the director general compromised its independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the government's spending cuts.

Cheryl and Ashley Cole are granted a divorce at the High Court after four years of marriage.

Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha show off their baby daughter, Florence, for the first time on the steps of Number 10.

The Royal Mail launches the world's first "intelligent" stamp, the first to work with image recognition technology.

England coach Fabio Capello says he hopes the pressure of expectation over the team's Euro 2012 qualifier with Bulgaria will bring out the best in him.