| BBC |
| Western journalists die in Homs |
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:27:48 GMT |
| American Marie Colvin of the UK's Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik are among 60 people killed as Syria steps up its clampdown. |
| Cherie Blair starts hacking case |
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:57:28 GMT |
| Cherie Blair has started legal proceedings over phone hacking, her solicitor confirms. |
| Comic Frank Carson dies aged 85 |
| Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:06:23 GMT |
| Northern Irish comedian Frank Carson, whose catch phrases included "It's a cracker", has died aged 85, surrounded by his family. |
| Vicar and teacher murder charges |
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:35 GMT |
| A man is charged with murdering a clergyman at his South Gloucestershire vicarage and a retired teacher in Worcestershire. |
| 35 years for pregnant teen killer |
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:16:02 GMT |
| A former nightclub bouncer is jailed for a minimum of 35 years for murdering pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender two weeks before she was due to give birth. |
| NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax' |
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:42:03 GMT |
| Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill. |
| More bodies from Concordia found |
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:02:45 GMT |
| Search teams in Italy find eight more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January as the inquiry spreads. |
| Somalia militants lose key town |
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:25:14 GMT |
| Ethiopian and Somali troops capture Baidoa, a strategic stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist militants, as the UN approves extra African Union troops for Somalia. |
| Gillard calls leadership ballot |
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:52:19 GMT |
| Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces a ballot for the leadership of the Labor party to end a damaging split in the organisation. |
| Argentina train crash 'kills 49' |
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:50:35 GMT |
| A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, kills 49 people and leaves at least 600 injured, officials say. |
