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Tony Blair cancels a planned book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".

American Pie actor Chris Klein pleaded no contest to drink-driving following and will serve four years probation.

Nearly 20 people die as a suicide bomber rams an explosives laden pickup truck into a police station in north-west Pakistan.

Roger Federer takes on Jurgen Melzer in the US Open night session after Caroline Wozniacki sees off Maria Sharapova.

Five men, including two ex-councillors, are jailed over a failed postal vote scam in Bradford during the 2005 general election.

A Flintshire mother calls for tougher sentences for so-called "one-punch killers" after her son's attacker was jailed for 40 months for manslaughter.

Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.

Contemporary artwork owned by model Jerry Hall are expected to fetch more than £1.5 million when they are sold in October at Sotheby's in London.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen is given an undisclosed fine by the ECB over his Twitter tirade.

A Scottish crime gang spent more than £50,000 advertising brothels in Belfast, a court is told.

France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction.

Twelve Welsh Assembly Government civil servants are warned for accessing inappropriate or pornographic websites at work over the last three years.

Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams have released the most recent CCTV footage of the victim.

Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say.

A man who killed his wife after five months of marriage enjoyed "gymnastic" sex sessions with another woman, a court hears.

Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their networks.

Bruce Forsyth quits Strictly Come Dancing's Sunday results show and is replaced by Claudia Winkleman.

A scheme offering up to 400,000 new firms a chance to trim their tax bill has come into effect.

Jackie Selebi, the former South African police chief convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer, is allowed to appeal against his 15-year jail sentence.

Police investigating the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams appeal for help in tracing two people seen entering his central London flat.