| Colombian governor's body found
December 22, 2009 at 11:03 pm
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|  A Colombian provincial governor is found dead after the most high-profile kidnapping of a politician since 2002. |
| One dead, 48 hurt in coach crash
December 22, 2009 at 10:54 pm
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|  One person is killed and another 48 are hurt, six seriously, as a coach crashes in icy conditions on a country road in Cornwall. |
| Trial for Chinese dissident Liu
December 22, 2009 at 9:46 pm
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|  Prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is facing trial in Beijing on charges of subversion, amid Western criticism. |
| 'Legal high' drugs banned in UK
December 22, 2009 at 7:34 pm
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|  A ban on a range of drugs, known as "legal highs", comes into force in the UK, the government announces. |
| University funding cut by £533m
December 22, 2009 at 7:11 pm
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|  Lord Mandelson announces cuts to university funding of £533m in the annual grant letter to academic institutions. |
| Teenage killings in UK drop 30%
December 22, 2009 at 7:03 pm
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|  The number of teenagers killed violently in the UK has fallen by 30%, from 72 in 2008 to 51 in 2009, BBC research finds. |
| A&E wait tactics 'under attack'
December 22, 2009 at 7:03 pm
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|  Hospitals are "fiddling" the four-hour A&E waiting time target by using wards as dumping grounds, the Conservatives say. |
| In pictures
December 22, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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|  Leafy Tashkent landmark is put to the axe |
| Soyuz docked with space station
December 22, 2009 at 6:31 pm
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|  A spacecraft carrying an international crew docks with the International Space Station, Russian mission control says. |
| Facebook US sex scam case bargain
December 22, 2009 at 5:59 pm
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|  A US teenager who blackmailed fellow pupils to have sex by using Facebook images agrees plea bargain. |
| Colombia bid to rescue governor
December 22, 2009 at 5:39 pm
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| | Colombia's president says a military operation is under way to rescue a provincial governor from suspected Farc rebels. |
| Balloon parents must pay $42,000
December 22, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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|  The US parents responsible for pretending their son was adrift in a balloon are ordered to pay the $42,000 rescue bill. |
| Schumacher signs up for F1 return
December 22, 2009 at 5:28 pm
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|  Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to race for Mercedes next year, BBC Sport understands. |
| US woman held over Obama 'threat'
December 22, 2009 at 5:11 pm
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|  US Secret Service agents arrest a woman accused of threatening to kill Michelle Obama during a family break to Hawaii. |
| NI politician's brother surrenders
December 22, 2009 at 4:55 pm
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|  A brother of Gerry Adams, who is wanted in connection with allegations he abused his daughter, has turned himself into Irish police. |
| Fiat unveils one million car plan
December 22, 2009 at 4:31 pm
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|  Fiat unveils plans to increase annual car production in Italy to one million, but says it will still shut its Sicily factory. |
| Auschwitz theft 'ordered abroad'
December 22, 2009 at 3:54 pm
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|  A Polish prosecutor says the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from Auschwitz was ordered from abroad. |
| Microsoft patent verdict upheld
December 22, 2009 at 3:31 pm
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|  A US appeals court upholds a $290m (£182m) verdict against Microsoft in a patent dispute with Canadian company i4i. |
| Iran's Mousavi loses public post
December 22, 2009 at 3:04 pm
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|  Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is fired as head of Iran's Arts Institution, one of two public posts he holds. |
| Torres warns against sacking Benitez
December 22, 2009 at 2:44 pm
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|  Liverpool striker Fernando Torres says sacking manager Rafael Benitez will not solve the club's current ills. |
| HIV babies
December 22, 2009 at 2:43 pm
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|  Romanians come to terms with their difficult childhoods |
| Germany refuses Nefertiti return
December 22, 2009 at 2:14 pm
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|  Germany has said an ancient bust of Queen Nefertiti is too fragile to return to Egypt - even temporarily. |
| Boat with £375m of cocaine seized
December 22, 2009 at 1:51 pm
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|  A ship carrying cocaine worth £375m - mostly thought to be destined for London - is seized off Spain. |
| Circus tigers die in Russian trip
December 22, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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|  Eight tigers and a lioness belonging to a Russian travelling circus, die during a 20-hour truck journey across Siberia. |
| Kercher killer's sentence reduced
December 22, 2009 at 12:44 pm
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|  A man jailed for 30 years for murdering UK student Meredith Kercher has his sentence almost halved on appeal. |
| Hutton admits 'PM disaster' jibe
December 22, 2009 at 12:36 pm
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|  Ex-defence secretary John Hutton admits he was the cabinet minister who said Gordon Brown "would be a disaster" as PM. |
| FBI releases Michael Jackson file
December 22, 2009 at 12:34 pm
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|  The FBI releases more than 300 pages of formerly classified documents relating to pop icon Michael Jackson. |
| Hefty ban for Sunderland's Turner
December 22, 2009 at 12:26 pm
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|  Sunderland defender Michael Turner is handed a hefty four-match suspension by the FA following his red card against Manchester City. |
| New 'friendly fire' death probed
December 22, 2009 at 12:14 pm
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|  A second UK soldier has died after being hurt in a suspected "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan, defence chiefs say. |
| Climate meltdown
December 22, 2009 at 11:33 am
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| | Reasons why the Copenhagen summit failed |
| Ronnie Wood cautioned for assault
December 22, 2009 at 11:24 am
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|  Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, 62, is cautioned by police for common assault following an incident in Surrey earlier this month. |
| Kroenke called on to reveal plans
December 22, 2009 at 11:01 am
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|  A spokesman for Alisher Usmanov calls on fellow Arsenal shareholder Stan Kroenke to reveal his intentions for the club. |
| Beyonce to sing at Grammy awards
December 22, 2009 at 10:56 am
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|  Beyonce, the Black Eyed Peas and Taylor Swift are to perform at the 52nd Annual Grammys early next year. |
| US appoints cybersecurity chief
December 22, 2009 at 10:46 am
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|  The White House appoints former Microsoft executive Howard Schmidt as it cyber tsar, following a seven month search. |
| US growth rate revised downwards
December 22, 2009 at 10:20 am
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|  The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 2.2% in the July to September period, the second downwards revision. |
| EU extends Chinese shoe tariffs
December 22, 2009 at 10:06 am
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|  The European Union votes to extend tariffs on shoes from China and Vietnam to help European firms compete with imports. |
| Sex intervention combats malaria, scientists believe
December 22, 2009 at 10:05 am
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|  Scientists believe it may be possible to combat malaria by interfering with the sex lives of the mosquitoes which spread the disease. |
| Iranian crowd frees condemned men
December 22, 2009 at 9:45 am
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|  A crowd in Iran frees two men just before they are executed, officials say, though the convicts are later captured. |
| Auschwitz sign theft 're-enacted'
December 22, 2009 at 9:37 am
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| | Polish police take three men who admitted stealing the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from Auschwitz back to the site to re-enact its theft. |
| First-class stamp to rise to 41p
December 22, 2009 at 9:36 am
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|  The price of first and second class stamps will rise by 2p to 41p and 32p in April, Royal Mail confirms. |
| Body-in-car killer jailed for life
December 22, 2009 at 9:20 am
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|  A man who stabbed a mother-of-two to death and put her in the passenger seat of a car before crashing it is jailed for life. |
| Day in pictures
December 22, 2009 at 8:44 am
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|  Striking images from around the world | |
Chefs appear to have more unhealthy habits than any other profession while those in advertising are near paragons of virtue, a survey suggests.
President Ahmadinejad has said a document showing plans to test a trigger for a nuclear bomb is a US forgery. What impact will his comments have?
A special seasonal message from Father Christmas
A Dutch girl barred from sailing solo around the world because of her age returns to the Netherlands with a police escort and faces a custody ruling.
Gay Ugandans in fear over death penalty threat
Lithuania hosted at least two secret CIA prisons for terror suspects until 2006, an official Lithuanian inquiry finds.
Snow and ice disrupt travel and delay the Christmas getaway for thousands.
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