The body of a man found after a bridge collapsed over a flooded river is Pc Bill Barker, police have confirmed.

A "devoted husband" who said he killed his wife while dreaming she was an intruder in their camper van is freed by a judge.

Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.

A man who carjacked a mother-of-four leaving her fighting for her life is found guilty of deliberately running her over.

About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe's biggest match-fixing scandal.

The UK apologises to Spain after the Royal Navy uses a buoy with Spanish colours for target practice off Gibraltar.

An cortege conveying the bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan is the 100th repatriation procession through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett.

A further 381 stores are to close at off licence group First Quench, with the loss of 1,908 jobs, the firm's administrators announce.

A man who pulled out a woman's eyeball and threw it from an eighth-floor balcony is jailed for attempted murder.

Top names from the worlds of TV, music and theatre are taking part in this year's Children In Need show.

Scripts for the Christmas episodes of EastEnders are stolen in a burglary at a writer's home, the BBC confirms.

Under-fire France striker Thierry Henry says a replay of the World Cup play-off with the Republic of Ireland would "be the fairest solution".

Michael Schumacher will race in Formula 1 for Mercedes' new team in 2010, BBC Sport's Eddie Jordan believes.

The opening match of the one-day international series between South Africa and England in Johannesburg is abandoned due to rain.

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