One of the men convicted of killing 10-year-old Damilola Taylor is released from prison.

Scientists say they have carried out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women.

MPs are to examine how the coalition was formed after the election and issues arising from the negotiations between the two parties.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military and police chiefs ahead of planned January presidential election.

A Russian passenger plane makes a safe landing in the Siberian taiga after a power failure at more than 10,000 metres.

The Irish government says it will break up the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank as part of the failed lender's resolution.

Metal plant owners Anglesey Aluminium confirm production will not restart at their Holyhead factory which was mothballed 12 months ago.

A driver who was almost three times over the alcohol limit admits causing the death of a 37-year-old cyclist in West Lothian.

John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.

Four animal rights activists admit waging a hate campaign against people linked to a Cambridgeshire animal testing laboratory.

A man appears in court in Mumbai in connection with a bomb blast at a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune six months ago.

No decisions have been taken about possible funding cuts to the BBC World Service, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.

The EU agrees on new rules to reduce the number of animals used in lab experiments and tighten controls over such procedures.

A Briton is thought to have drowned after going to the aid of his father, who also died, while the pair swam in the sea off Spain's Costa Tropical.

The Pope has said he is "very much looking forward" to his visit to the UK next week, and thanked all those involved in advance for their efforts.

The first minister outlines the Scottish government's programme for the forthcoming parliamentary year on 8 September 2010.

Formula 1's governing body turns down all the entries from teams hoping to fill the vacant 13th slot in 2011, with former champion Jacques Villeneuve among those to miss out.

The injury into contaminated NHS blood products in the 1980s will hear from the victims who contracted HIV and Hepatitis.

A scale model of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how it is being repaired