Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers gather 70 years after battling through eight months of bombing raids over Britain's industrial centres.

A friend tells of a holidaymaker's serious accident at his hotel swimming pool in Majorca.

A man suspected of being a motorbike thief who police refused to pursue because he was not wearing a helmet is killed riding a stolen bike.

A man whose body was set alight and dumped at a golf course is identified by police as a 37-year-old man from Brighton.

Angelina Jolie has visited Nowshera in north-west Pakistan to highlight the plight of more than 20 million people affected by the country's worst ever floods.

A service of remembrance has been held at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz.

Mozambique says it will reverse the increase in the price of bread that sparked deadly riots last week.

The UK's Information Commissioner has reprimanded ISP TalkTalk over recent unpublicised trials of its anti-malware system.

Police in Swaziland arrest about 50 people ahead of protests against sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, activists say.

A report suggests two-thirds of UK students would be put off university by fees of £7,000 a year.

Bob Diamond is to become chief executive of Barclays, while HSBC chairman Stephen Green steps down to become a government trade minister.

The UN makes a fresh appeal for Pakistan's flood victims as film star Angelina Jolie arrives in the country to highlight their plight.

Six months after Iraq's parliamentary elections, a minister warns that the political deadlock is damaging the security situation in the country.

David Cameron returns to work following paternity leave telling his cabinet "this is the time the rubber hits the road".

Diane Abbott warns against "anointing" Labour's next leader, saying the party must show it has "moved on" from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Tony Blair and other former prime ministers should pay towards their police protection, a Labour MP says.

UK tax authorities are bracing themselves for a deluge of complaints and enquiries after sending out fresh tax calculations.

North Korea has asked South Korea to send rice, cement and construction equipment after devastating floods, southern officials say.

Australian author Peter Carey, who has already won the Man Booker prize twice, has made the shortlist for this year's prize.

The Welsh NHS faces making £380m worth of cutbacks by April, with managers saying it is the biggest challenge they have faced in 20 years.