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Two women raped by their father over 25 years - bearing nine of his children - are given a public apology by the authorities.
Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.
Talks between BA and the Unite union aimed at averting strike action by cabin crew break down without agreement.
The UN Secretary-General asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan has returned home against police wishes, the BBC learns.
Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says.
The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and urges bold steps to peace.
More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released.
Oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
Plaid Cymru and the SNP say planned televised debate plans breach the BBC's duty of impartiality.
Lost Boys actor Corey Haim dies at the age of 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms.
Actress Farrah Fawcett was not in the Oscars memorial segment because she was more known as a TV star, the Academy says.
Parents with buggies who take up wheelchair spaces on buses face a crackdown in a government campaign to improve passengers' experiences.
David Beckham returns to Old Trafford as his AC Milan side try to overcome Man Utd and reach the Champions League quarter-finals, while Burnley host Stoke in the Premier League.
Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs.
England bowler Graham Onions is ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh with a back injury, but there are more encouraging signals about Stuart Broad.
About 60% of prisoners serving short sentences reoffend within a year. Is prison the right answer?
PM tries to be seen as modern-day Churchill
It's a big task, but how do you recycle a plane?
Test yourself, now Royal Mail will no longer limit the stuff
Who can read my notes? Electronic records explained
Can a fatwa to counter a fatwa really work?
Church authority at risk as scandals spread in Europe
A Leeds drugs gang are jailed for torturing a boy, 16, to force his family to pay a £20,000 ransom over a "drugs debt".
Police searching for a Dundee mother-of-three who went missing two weeks ago believe they have found her body.
A man stabbed to death his 17-year-old daughter with a hunting knife as she sat in the passenger seat of his car.
There is a renewed threat to the Tyrone Crystal factory in Dungannon, County Tyrone, according to staff.
Police say 49 people are to be charged with murder following communal violence that left scores of Nigerian villagers dead.
The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.
Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.
Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
A Spanish woman aid worker kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, the Spanish government says.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.
Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.
The Conservatives pledge to reverse what they say is the UK's "shrinking" influence in the world if they win power.
Doctors leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.
Lottery admissions can be destabilising for children and bad for their welfare, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, says.
Reports indicate that the EU has decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly says her marriage to fellow presenter Vernon Kay is "worth fighting" for.
The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
