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Man beat wife and daughter to deathThe wife and daughter of a man who was later found hanged were unlawfully killed, a coroner rules.Man 'strangled wife and hid body'A cheating husband murdered his wife after she found out about his infidelity within months of them getting married, a court hears.Tube strikes on as talks collapseThousands of Tube workers will strike next week as talks between London Underground bosses and two unions break down.Birth paramedic 'refused to help'An ambulance paramedic put the life of a baby at risk by refusing to take the mother to hospital because they were on a break, a tribunal hears.Rangers' plan to stop riot re-runRangers fans will go into a "holding zone" ahead of their team's Champions League match in Manchester, to prevent a re-run of the 2008 riots.Pair held over 'honour killing'A man and woman are arrested on suspicion of murdering so-called honour killing victim Shafilea Ahmed, police confirm.Tin helmet councillor suspendedA district councillor who wore a tin helmet and waved a Canadian flag as part of a land dispute protest is suspended.Ex-officer jailed for child abuseA retired police officer who sexually abused two boys while he worked for the force is jailed for seven years.Delay for tourist bike hire plansTourists and casual users are prevented from using London's cycle hire scheme until the end of 2010.Man jailed for murdering partnerA man is jailed for life for killing his girlfriend, who was found dead in the bath at her south Manchester home.Twig row sparks helicopter searchA man criticises police for sending a helicopter to his house after he gathered twigs from a nature reserve near Princes Risborough.Arrests in assisted suicide probeA man and woman are arrested on suspicion of helping a disabled man from South Tyneside take his own life.Missing boy couple 'faced court'Police in Lincolnshire continue their search for a missing foster couple and four-year-old boy they were looking after.Footballer threw punches in clubA West Bromwich Albion footballer is given a suspended sentence for throwing punches in a nightclub.Call for Magna Carta bank holidayRunnymede council calls for an extra bank holiday to mark the sealing of the Magna Carta in Surrey in June 1215.New start at child abuse nurseryA new pre-school facility opens on the site where Plymouth nursery worker Vanessa George sexually abused young children and took photos of them.Sorting office threatens 400 jobsPlans to modernise postal services in Kent could lead to 400 jobs being cut and the closure of four sorting offices.Bloomin' lovely: Tree flowers after 23 yearsA rare Chinese tree flowers for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex.Bones at centre of police probe are 1,500 years oldHuman remains found in a Oxfordshire garden, sparking a police inquiry, are dated back to 500 AD.Pakistan trio hit by ICC chargesThe three Pakistan cricketers accused of corruption - Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir - have been charged, and provisionally suspended, by the International Cricket Council.Hatton fighting career is 'done'Former light-welterweight world champion Ricky Hatton says he is unlikely to fight again.Curbishley linked with Villa jobAlan Curbishley is among those to be interviewed for the vacant manager's post at Aston Villa, BBC Sport understands.Aircraft men 'incredibly lucky'Two people in a light aircraft travelling to Norfolk which plunged into the North Sea are "incredibly lucky", the coastguard says.Rare tree flowers after 23 yearsA rare Chinese tree has flowered for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex.Cavers dig for three county dreamCavers Tim Allen and Hugh St Lawrence give BBC News a glimpse of the cramped conditions as they try to connect three English counties by an underground network of tunnels.Footballer threw punches in clubWest Bromwich Albion footballer Joe Mattock is given a suspended sentence for throwing punches in a Leicester nightclub.New-style academies open doorsThe first of 32 academies in England established under new legislation from the coalition government opened on Wednesday.Subbuteo fan ready for flick-offA nine-year-old boy from West Yorkshire is preparing to take part in the Subbuteo World Championships in Germany later this week.Casualty of weight loss surgeryA man who lost 12 stone after a gastric bypass has to be fed by tube because his body cannot cope with solid food.Drug dealer's goods auctioned offDesigner clothes and sports cars which once belonged to a drug dealer have been sold at an auction in Norfolk.The slow goodbyeHusband speaks of the woman he lost over many years to dementiaPM's 'prop'Does a Tony Blair-style drink habit do you any harm?'The Stig'Profile of man who has won the right to say he is Top Gear driverRough justiceAre extradition laws too draconian?Ellen's new courseSailor Ellen MacArthur bids to promote sustainabiltyExplosives expertThe hidden world of an MoD worker who died after bomb trialsChocolate delightThe importance of Fairtrade to Kraft and Cadbury
